The IPKat

JANUARY 29, 2025

For those of you still finishing up their IP book pile, The IPKat team is extending the deadline to vote for your favourite IP books of 2024 until 10 February 2025. Please remember that, just as in previous years, only one vote per person is allowed. The IPKat does not disclose nominations until the voting ends.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

Publishing health-related books or products can quickly turn into a compliance nightmare. Youve poured your expertise into a book, a supplement, or a digital productsomething designed to help people feel better, live better, be better. FDA compliance for supplements is not easy. Luckily, our Amazon lawyers are here to help.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). In addition, the book contains chapters on related rights such as moral rights, civil and criminal proceedings, contracts and other forms of protection. What about a juggler?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2022

A friendly feline reminder to vote for your favourite intellectual property law book of the year 2021 in the IPKat Book of the Year Awards! Vote for your best IP book of 2021 by taking the survey here PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF IP, only complete the survey once! Only votes for books published in 2021 will count.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book review of The Future of Intellectual Property , edited by Daniel J. As such, the book looks at both the need to, and the consequences of, changing primary rights, as well as whether adding secondary rights is a good idea, and if so, how and when. Gervais , Milton R. The first (chapter 7), by Dan L.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2022

This Alicante-based Kat has been enjoying her sea view with a good book in paws: “ Once upon a time, the patent ” by Pascal Attali (2022, 304 p.). The first part of the book is devoted to the history of patent law. I will mention several interesting episodes in this connection covered in Attali’s book.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2021

The book looks at the evolution of the origin link – the key aspect of the EU’s sui generis geographical indications (GI) system. Both Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) rely on the origin link (e.g.,

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

This was to write a book about the history of the county and its government. Despite the payments, work on the book fell behind. Either way, a 580-page draft of the book was submitted in January of this year. So, even if she did replace every single copied word, she would still have plagiarism issues in the book.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

This book review has been prepared by Spyros Sipetas , PhD candidate at the Stockholm University. Remarkably, AG Szpunar also delivered the Opinion in Cofemel ( C-683/17 ), playing a crucial role in shaping the Courts approach to copyright protection for fashion designs. Eleonora Rosati and Irene Calboli, 2025, OUP).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

In analogizing semiconductor chips to traditional areas of copyright law, the legislative history notes that, just as a plagiarist who copies only one chapter of a book may be held liable for infringement, a person may be liable for copying a part of a mask work if it is a qualitatively important portion that results in substantial similarity.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Plainfield, Indiana – Allen Lee Asher-Butler has filed a copyright infringement suit against Amazon KDP and Jeff Bezos , claiming they are committing copyright infringement regarding four books that he designed and illustrated the covers for.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2022! Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future? We look forward to reading and reviewing more IP books in 2023!

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is a book review of Teaching Intellectual Property Law: Strategy and Management edited by Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in Information Technology, Media and Intellectual Property Law, University of East Anglia Law School and Ruth Soetendorp, Visiting Academic, City University of London and Professor Emerita, Bournemouth University.

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McKinsey Operations

AUGUST 19, 2022

Danish design experts Christian Bason and Jens Martin Skibsted say humanity needs a more expansive outlook on problem-solving—one that is less human-centered and more future-proof.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. Concluding Thoughts This review could not do justice to all thirteen of the contributions in the book.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2022

The domain names were designed to be confusingly similar to real entities by including subtle typographical errors (such as replacing ‘m’ with the letters ‘rn’) that were difficult to spot. One of his targets was an unnamed Pulitzer Prize-winning author who handed over the requested manuscript. Statutory Allegations.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Leif Zierz describes in the foreword, that “this book illustrates how IP protection – especially in the early stages of a business – helps to create both competitive advantages for start-ups and security for institutional investors and investment firms.” Remember you can vote for your favourite IP book of the year, details here.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The book's cover wonderfully matches the colours of the Villa Salviati gardens This is a book review of IP Accidents: Negligence Liability in Intellectual Property , by Patrick Goold , City Law School, University of London. Meanwhile, traditional safeguards designed to prevent accidents have gradually eroded over time" [ibid].

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Now in its second edition, the book offers a perspective on how one can address the overlap between intellectual property (IP) rights, either to reconcile them in whole or in part, or to pre-empt one over the other. Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The book, a follow on edition from the 2012 1st edition of Overlapping IP Rights is once again a masterclass in thinking through the oft under discussed spheres of overlaps in IP, this time with additional subject areas and updated developments. Therefore, necessitating study of these overlaps in pairs of IP rights as furthered by the book.

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McKinsey Operations

APRIL 10, 2023

The former Apple VP and University of California Design Lab director explains why leaders should take the “humanity-centered” approach and adopt sustainable technologies and business models.

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IP Close Up

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In recent years design patents have come to have a more vital role in the intellectual property landscape. Design patents protect the ornamental aspects of Continue reading

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Booking Holdings , 2022 WL 13946243 (D. Booking Holdings is the parent company for Kayak.com, Priceline, Booking.com, and other prominent online travel agents (“OTAs”). Booking Holdings is the parent company of multiple OTAs that publish fare data and sell Ryanair flights in purported violation of Ryanair’s terms of service.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2024

A gentle summer breeze is rustling the pages of the self-improvement book you bought from the corner kiosk, the one that promised to solve all your problems in ten simple steps. To avoid the scenario above, don't forget to bring along that IP book you've been meaning to read but never quite got around to. So, what do you do?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

1992) Takeaway It is always recommended for a mask work applicant to identify the “novel points” in the design during the registration step (e.g., This knowledge may be used to create an original chip having a different design layout , but which performs the same or equivalent function as the existing chip, without penalty or prohibition.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

A human inventor serves as the central figure in the design of the patent system. The selection and evaluation of the previous art are aided further by the appropriately designated relevant art. DESIGNS Artificial Intelligence is also capable of creating designs on its own, akin to the inventions made.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. Copyright Copyright refers to the exclusive rights granted to the authors or performers for their original work or performance like book, film, paintings, compute programmes, etc. For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain. The book Frankenstein , written by Mary Shelley in 1818, has long lapsed into the public domain. However, the most iconic image and version of the monster featured in that book is very tightly controlled by Universal Pictures.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This is a book review of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights , curated by Ysolde Gendreau (Université de Montréal, Canada), provided by Francesca Mazzi , Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law at Brunel University London. Such gestures couldn't be overlooked in a book on moral rights.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Similarly, they also assert contributory trademark infringement in regard to the book titles and other business marks that appear on the books. Have a designated agent to receive notices of copyright infringement. Normally, a host that provides a service to customers, like Shopify, would be protected under the DMCA.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A prominent feature of the debate has been the comparison between the fair use provision contained in section 107 of the US Copyright Act 1976 and the more detailed exceptions and limitations contained in legislation such as the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Trade marks Katfriends Manon Vanderhaeghe and Jozefien Vanherpe (both KULeuven) looked into the decision of the EUIPO Board of Appeal concerning the refusal of Volvo’s application to register the design of its Y-shaped LED headlights. In June 2024, after almost three years, the General Court annulled the refusal decision.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

We are extending the deadline to vote for the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024 until 10 February 2025. If you have not done so yet, do not forget to vote for your favourite IP books here ! If you missed out on The IPKat, then join this Kat for a recap of the interesting cases reported last week! Extension of Deadline!

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The IPKat

JUNE 28, 2024

In Chapter 5, "Law", the book sets out some of the legal regimes (with a focus on the EU) which may have an impact upon the various synthetic technologies set out above, and it rapidly becomes clear that the potential scope is vast. Overall impression This book is an extremely interesting read.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2025

IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024. The deadline for submissions to the IPKat Book of the Year awards is 31 January 2025. Vote here for your favourite books in the categories of patents, copyright (incl., Vote here for your favourite books in the categories of patents, copyright (incl., More information here.

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