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

Have you so been busy changing your bad eating habits that you missed the IPKat last week? Don’t worry, here is the 116^thedition of Never Too Late.

Book Review: WTO Dispute Settlement and the TRIPS Agreement

Neil Wilkof considers the complexity of TRIPS and the WTO dispute resolution mechanism as thoroughly discussed by Professor Matthew Kennedy, who warns of the danger of simply transplanting trade concepts into IP standards.

The IPKat team news: new arrivals and farewells
A warm welcome to the new GuestKats, Rosie Burbidge and Eibhlin Vardy!

Brexit - who has the power to change UK law?

Darren Smyth discusses the issue of the UK leaving the EU without Parliamentary approval. It highlights the UK legislative process in the context of Brexit and of what will be the fate of statutory instruments made under the European Communities Act 1972.

Book review: Computer Crimes and Digital Investigations

This book by Ian Waldon is a good reference for understanding the challenges of legal enforcement in the field of cybercrime. Katonomist Nicola Searle was particularly impressed by the  author's comprehensive analysis of online IP crimes.

European business urge continued UK involvement in UPC on eve of Competitiveness Council meeting

AmeriKat Annesley Merelle Ward recaps several opinions made expressed before the Competitiveness Council session that encourages UK participation in the implementation without delay of the unitary patent package.

Wednesday Whimsies

Round-up post of the week's news and forthcoming events.

Book review: Global Governance of Intellectual Property in the 21st Century

Ellie Wilson was fascinated with this book, edited by Mark Perry, particularly by the fresh perspectives on “non-conventional” trade marks and the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution policy. A truly contemporary mosaic on IP governance.

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Never too late 115 [week ending on Sunday 25 September] | Book Review: Arnold reviews “Economic Approaches to Intellectual Property” | The English approach to obviousness – It all depends on the facts? | AIPPI Congress Report 3: Biosimilars – similar but different? | AIPPI Congress Report 4: Lawyers who lunch – role of experts in litigation and the EPO in the 21^st Century | Law & Economics – The Italian Edition | Friday Fantasies | Latest thoughts about Brexit and the UPC | Eye ‘should’ve’ done that! – Specsavers nears approval to trade mark single word “should’ve” & “shouldve” | A song of Ice and Ice | ChIPs Global Summit Report 3: Congratulations – your patent has been allowed, when is it finally final?

Never too late 114 [week ending on Sunday 18 September] | Commissioner unveils new copyright package | Open letter from Wikimedia et al on copyright package| Globalisation, Globalisation, Globalisation| Philip Morris loses investment arbitration | EPIP highlights | 20 million thanks | Tea & trade secret theft | Patent quality conference | free wifi networks & copyright infringement | Chiefs in Intellectual Property summit | Innovation and its discontents | GS Media rapid response event summary | AIPPI Congress reports

Never too late 113 [week ending on Sunday 11 September] Clinical trial data | Parody and free use in Germany | Infringing donuts | CJEU decision in GS Media | Fujifilm Kyowa v AbbVie | UK and the UPC | General Data Protection Regulation | Changes to IPO rules | Book review: European Patent Litigation in the Shadow of the Unified Patent Court | General Electric and 3D printing | EPLAW mock trials

Never too late 112 [week ending on Sunday 4 September] 3 Cubist antibiotic patents revoked| Milan Court rejects application for 'blank' blocking order | Leaked copyright draft directive| Thursday Titibits | Super Kat exclusive| Mexico's new opposition system | EU General Data Protection Regulation | Hospira v Cubist | My My Mylan | Kasting Kall for Internkats