Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

 Kliment Markov Friday, July 31, 2026 - #NeverTooLate, copyright, domains, Kliment Markov, trade marks

Missed last week on the IPKat? Catch up with our round-up of last week’s posts:

Copyright 

Georgia Jenkins delved into the subject of copyright exhaustion in light of the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in JJH Enterprises Limited v Microsoft Corporation. 

Marcel Pemsel reported on the German Supreme Court ruling in USM Haller II (I ZR 96/22) and its implications for the copyright protection of works of applied art. 

Katfriend Chijioke Okorie discussed the constitutional aspects surrounding copyright exceptions in the context of the Constitutional Court of South Africa’s decision on the country’s proposed copyright reform. 

Katfriend Peter Ling reviewed the book Creative Value Chains - Copyright and Beyond for a Better Value Distribution by Yaniv Benhamou. 

Trade Marks 

Söğüt Atilla-Aydın commented on the Tribunal judiciaire de Paris’s judgment in RG No. 23/15690 concerning Hermès and the limits of the artistic expression defence in trade mark law. 

Domain Names 

Katfriend Stefaan Meuwissen walked us through the most significant UDRP decisions and developments from the past six months.

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