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My IP Intensive Experience: From Seminars to CIPO and Beyond

IPilogue

The IP Intensive starts with a 2 week seminar series where students are exposed to a variety of IP related topics, followed by a 10 week placement at an organization to allow students to gain working experience. These seminars provided me with valuable IP knowledge, such as how to approach managing an IP asset.

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

The IPKat

Anastasiia Kyrylenko reported on the BPATG's decision to reject proposed amendments to the specifications of a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). Copyright and Design Law Alessandro Cerri detailed a decision by a Delaware court where the fair use defense was successfully applied in a copyright infringement case.

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

The IPKat

Copyright Former PermaKat Nicola Searle (Goldsmiths, University of London) compared the current copyright debates to those of the 2010s, as well as the substitutability of copyright works. Trade Marks Oliver Fairhurst reported on the Retromark event hosted by Simmonds & Simmons. Johanna Gibson (Queen Mary).

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[Guest post] Conference report: Design & Copyright Law – siblings or rivals?

The IPKat

A few weeks ago, the UNION-IP Designs Commission in association with the UNION-IP Netherlands national group – “Design & Copyright Law: siblings or rival?” held another roundtable session ( Thursday Thingies ), the topic of which related to the overlaps between copyright and design law (details of the event to be found here ).

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Conference Report: UIC Law 12th Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law Seminar

The IPKat

In early June, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law ’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy Law organized and hosted its 12th Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law virtual seminar. The Seminar also discussed implicit bias in the practice of IP. The program for the Seminar can be found here.

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[Guest Post] WIPO’s African Group hits the ground running with a Work Program on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

The IPKat

WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the need for an equitably balanced copyright regime, especially from the Global South perspective.

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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. This is the first of a series of blog posts on copyright reform at WIPO. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €