Blog archive for November 2014
All of our blog posts from November 2014
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John Kaldor v Lee Ann Fashions
November 2014
Landmark decisions were revisited last week when his Honour Judge Hacon considered whether fashion garment maker, Lee Ann, had infringed the copyright and unregistered Community design of fabric house, John Kaldor.
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Test Driving the UPC Case Management Software
November 2014
A prototype e-filing/case management system for the UPC has been made available to test. HGF have now tried out the system.
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Green Light from AG Bot for Unitary Patent in Europe
November 2014
The Opinion of Advocate General Bot, regarding Spain’s actions that the Regulations surrounding the creating of the European Unitary Patent should be annulled, has been given today. It is the Opinion of AG Bot that the CJEU should dismiss Spain’s actions.
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Patent Box – what next?
November 2014
The UK’s patent box regime has been making headlines this week. It is proposed to alter the scheme to require tax benefits to be connected directly to R&D expenditures; narrowing the current scheme.
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UK Scheme Opens Access to 91 million Orphan Works
November 2014
Under a new scheme launched in the UK, over 91 million ‘orphan works’ can be licensed by users to give wider access to works such as diaries, photographs, oral history recordings and documentary films.
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17th Draft Rules of Procedure of the UPC
November 2014
The UPC Preparatory Committee’s 17th draft Rules of Procedure of the UPC have been published together with the Committee’s explanatory note.
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