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Across the pond, Söğüt Atilla-Aydın
took us through a recent judgment of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, which found that Hermès’ Birkin bag policy does not violate US antitrust laws.
Patents and Artificial IntelligenceFrom Down Under, Claire Gregg
examined the current approach to assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in Australia.
In two successive posts, Rose Hughes
covered practical steps on how to ensure client confidentiality when using AI tools and further
addressed the risks of AI-generated errors and hallucinations.
Rose Hughes also
shared a perspective on how we perceive data and its evolving role in IP strategy and licensing.
Trade Marks and Geographical IndicationsBack on the continent, Jocelyn Bosse
reported on the recent CJEU judgment in Case C-341/24, which confirmed that the protections for well-known trade marks do not apply retroactively to geographical indications for wines registered under earlier EU regulations.
And here I am with my first commentary on the IPKat,
exploring themes of adequate reasoning and well-known facts against the backdrop of MONASTERY’s journey before the EUIPO.
Updates, Events and ArrivalsEleonora Rosati
informed us that the Patent Litigation Europe Summit returns to Amsterdam on 19–21 January 2026, with IPKat readers eligible for a 10% registration discount using code IPKAT10.
Oliver Fairhurst
rounded up the week’s news, welcoming new GuestKat Georgia Jenkins and highlighting upcoming events, including the twelfth session of the WIPO Conversation, a webinar on AI and the movie industry, a discussion on EDI, a UCL event on UK design law, WIPO’s Agrifood Patent Landscape Report, a call for papers from the Journal of Law, Market and Innovation, and new research papers released by IViR.
