JIPLP: September JIPLP now out

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The principal contents of this weblog are drawn from the Current Intelligence features which are published monthly in JIPLP.

Current Intelligence articles are designed to analyse recent key cases, legislation and topical matters. Normally they are of between 500 and 1,500 words (though in exceptional cases a greater word length may be agreed with the Editors).

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JIPLP is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to intellectual property law and practice. Published monthly, coverage includes the full range of substantive IP topics, practice-related matters such as litigation, enforcement, drafting and transactions, plus relevant aspects of related subjects such as competition and world trade law.

The journal is specifically designed for IP lawyers, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys both in private practice and working in industry. It also aims to be an essential source of reference for academics specialising in IP, members of the judiciary, officials in IP registries and regulatory bodies, and institutional libraries. Subject-matter covered is chosen for its practical relevance and international interest.

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JIPLP

September JIPLP now out

Editorial

Are EU policy-makers fighting the right copyright battles?

Current Intelligence

Patents: The special mechanism for parallel importation of drugs from new EU Member States

Patents: Broad claim construction leads to invalidity of Novartis's patent for EXELON Alzheimer's patch

Trade marks: A second bite of the apple leaves a sour taste

Trade marks: Trade mark infringement as a proper reason for non-use

Trade marks: Sweet success: ‘Valentine Secret’ not confusing with ‘Victoria's Secret’, rules Federal Court of Canada

Trade marks: SCRABBLE v SCRAMBLE: Does someone need to have a word with the courts?

Trade marks: Jura Origin allowed to proceed to registration: no likelihood of confusion with earlier ‘Origin’ marks

Trade marks: Do trade mark holders need a copyright to deal with trade mark label trafficking in the marketplace?

Copyright: Copyright protection for technical drawings in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Copyright: A new private copying law for Portugal

Designs: Canadian Federal Court of Appeal denies further particulars in rare industrial designs action

Databases: The Database Directive “contracting out” bar: does it apply to unprotected databases?

Articles

Online copyright exhaustion in a post-Allposters world

Multiple patent challenges in the USA, Canada, France and the UK

Sports anti-siphoning laws and the controversy of sports broadcasting: a case study of Pakistan

To keep INN or out

Are the new ‘fair dealing’ provisions an improvement on the previous UK law, and why?

From GRUR Int.

German Federal Court of Justice: existence of enabling disclosure is a question of law

User rights to photos: copyright as a weapon in e-commerce?

Can e-books and other digital works be resold?

IP in Review

How does IP impact economic development?

New treaties, new titles

Software licensing and IP law: opening up a source of uncertainty?

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