At last, the sun rises: China will establish the National IP Appeals Court in 2019

From 3+N to 1+3+17   As of today, China has established the '3+17 IP Judicial System':  3 IP specialist courts , i.e. Beijing (...

Beats secures trade mark victory with EUIPO Fourth Board of Appeal

In an interesting decision delivered earlier this month, the EUIPO Fourth Board of Appeal reversed an earlier (rather surprising) decision ...

Sunday Surprises

News Eleonora Rosati included in Managing Intellectual Property �s �The 50 Most Influential People in IP� list IPKat's own Eleonora  has...

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

Edition No 208 of Never Too Late is out! This issue features several copyright-focussed topics (inter alia, commercial use of image rights, ...

Book review: Law, Art and The Commons

In � Law, Art and The Commons �, Merima Bruncevic �explores the possibility of constructing a legal concept of the cultural commons� , an ex...