Katcall: Openings for GuestKats and InternKats!

Are you passionate about IP? We have exciting news for you! The IPKat is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for GuestKat posts and lookin...

Testing the boundaries of subjectivity: Infringement of Swiss-type claims in Warner-Lambert v Actavis

The IPKat has previously presented the court’s reasoning with regards to plausibility of second medical indication claims. Time to turn to t...

Is SPINNING generic? EU General Court explains how the relevant assessment is to be undertaken

Mad Dogg Athletics, based in California, is a company that markets various sporting equipment, including bicycles, men’s and women’s apparel...

Give Africa its cultural heritage back … But keep its digital cultural heritage?

Should France [and any other colonial power] give back to Africa [or any other former colony] its cultural heritage? ‘Yes’ says the experts’...

No pain, no gain: Plausibility in Warner-Lambert v Actavis

The dust has started to settle following the Supreme Court decision in Warner-Lambert v Actavis   [2018] UKSC 56  handed down recently (IPKa...

General Court annuls Delegated Regulation 665/2013 on energy labelling of vacuum cleaners

The IPKat is happy to host the following contribution by Mina Kianfar (Unverzagt von Have, Hamburg) on an issue that, despite having to do w...

Book review: Cross-Border Copyright Licensing: Law and Practice

Copyright is not the simplest of intellectual property rights and when you add licensing to the mix the combination of contract and competit...

Why is this Kat laughing (hint: it's all about his blue shirt)?

This Kat is usually the reticent type, especially when a camera is pointed in his direction. But this post is the rare exception. To the r...

Wednesday Whimsies

IPKat is here with your weekly update of IP news and events!  We begin this week with an update on the pemetrexed (Alimta) Italian patent ca...