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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023

The IPKat

It is time to vote for your favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! The IPKat team continues to read and review as many brilliant IP books as possible, of which there are many, for the Kat community. Rules of Voting Only ONE vote per person.

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023 - reminder!

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Readers are reminded that they can vote for their favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! Votes must be made via email before 15th January 2024 as per the instructions below. You can check out the previous nominees and winners here. Rules of Voting Only ONE vote per person.

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Book review: Guidebook to Intellectual Property + discount code

The IPKat

Kat approved This book is aimed at those who are new to the subject of intellectual property. The preface reiterates that the purpose of the book is to describe the essential nature of living IP law: "What we want is the reader to come away with a good idea of how IP works in practice."

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

The IPKat

If you've been too wrapped up with preparations for the holiday season , here's a summary of the IP news that you might have missed last week: Patents This Kat is still contemplating which IP books to put on her Christmas wish-list. Léon has recently published a book on the subject, which is being launched on 12 January 2024.

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

The IPKat

Copyright Anastasiia Kyrylenko discussed the recent interpretation of Article 4 of Directive 2004/48/EC by the CJEU in relation to possibility for collective management organisations to bring, in their own name, actions for copyright infringement on behalf of the right holders.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

The IPKat

Here they are in case you missed them: TRADE MARKS Katfriend Marijus Dingilevskis posted on a recent decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, which states that even if a trade mark has been registered in the international register for 40 years, this is no guarantee that a subsequent national designation will be also registered.

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Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Therefore, case law plays a huge role in ensuring the establishment of a fair and balanced liability regime, in particular as concerns the issue of (indirect) liability for internet service providers and other intermediaries whose services are used to commit copyright infringements. That has now changed.