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Copyright
Ahead of the DSM Directive transposition deadline of 7 June, PermaKat Eleonora Rosati reported on the key highlights of the European Commission's newly-issued Guidance on the application of Article 17.
Katfriends Fabio Ghiretti and Francesca Milani (both Mondini Bonora Ginevra) explained the Rome Court of First Instance's approach to copyright protection of fictional characters in a recent decision concerning Western films, “A Fistful of Dollars”, and “Rango”.
Patent
GuestKat Rose Hughes reflected on the meaning of provisions provided for the definition of an antibody by reference to a deposited hybridoma in the new antibody-specific section of the latest EPO Guidelines for Examination, in light of the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 0032/17.
Other
InternKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko reviewed “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade in the Pacific Rim”, by Matthew Rimmer (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, 616 pp), recommending it not only to researchers and policy-makers involved in international IP norm-setting via trade agreements, but also to anyone taking a political science perspective on trade agreements.
Never Too Late 318 [week ending 30 May]: BREAKING: Oral proceedings in G1/21 (ViCo) rescheduled due to procedural technicality | [Guest Post] Repeat filings after Monopoly: an exchange of views | [Guest post] De minimis uses and the German implementation of Art 17 DSM Directive | Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of EU Copyright Law
Never Too Late 317 [week ending 23 May]: EPO responds to accusations of perceived bias in G1/21 (ViCo oral proceedings) | [Guest post] The TRIPS Waiver Debate: Why, and where to from here? | English Court of Appeal tightened requirement for Crown use defence to apply, so when will it? | Does the Irish Court of Appeal in Merck v Clonmel part ways from the CJEU's Santen Article 3(d) decision? | Keeping up with Dutch patent litigation: second half-year case law review 2020 | How playlists are changing the nature of musical works | Long walk to copyright reform (Pt 2): South Africa’s National Assembly rescinds its decision to pass the Copyright Amendment Bill | Let not the Cancellation Division see your black and deep desires: (another) Banksy mark cancelled by EUIPO due to bad faith | Can a trade mark become misleading because it is transferred to a new owner? It’s all a matter of tradition | [Breaking News] The Digital Scholarship Institute is launching its activities
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