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JIPLP Express
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UK courts consider the industrial application of biotech patent claims. Speculative uses for a protein are not sufficient to fulfil the requirement for industrial application since a patent is not a hunting licence to find a use for an invention. (p. 5)
VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK ineligible for CTM registration. OHIM refused registration as a Community trade mark of the words VORSPRUNG DURCH TECHNIK in the name of Audi AG for goods and services in Classes 9, 14, 25, 28, 37–40, and 42 on the grounds that the mark was devoid of any distinctive character. Audi's action for annulment of this decision was dismissed by the CFI. (p. 7)
Rowling and Warner win lexicon battle, fair use proponents gain strategic advantage. Judge Robert B. Patterson found that the unofficial Harry Potter Lexicon written by Steve Vander Ark and published by RDR Books infringed the copyright in the seven Harry Potter novels
Using after-the-event insurance and conditional fee agreements in defending weak IP claims (p. 19)
For the health of the economy and patent system: rationale and scope of patent attorney privilege (p. 23)
The new consumer and business protection regulations: another string to the brand owner's bow? (p. 33)
The battle over global drug markets: Enforcement of pharmaceutical patents in the United States, Europe and Japan (p. 39)
Filesharing and downloading: goldmine or minefield? (p. 51)
Creating the missing link: applying collective marks to create clusters (p. 57)
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