Our May issue is out!

Our May issue has just been released and, as it happens every year on the occasion of the INTA Annual Meeting, it has a special trade mark focus.

We are also honoured to host book reviews authored by Sir Robin Jacob and Sir Richard Arnold, as well as interesting articles on patents and copyright!

Take a look at this month's table of contents:

Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019

EDITORIAL

A friendly reminder 25 years after TRIPs: an international harmonisation of the grace period in patent law remains preferable

Karsten Königer

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 341–342, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz038

CURRENT INTELLIGENCE

Indian Supreme Court on patentability of genetically modified life forms—a missed opportunity?

Varnika Chawla

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 343–345, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz032

Comparing apples with pears? A no go for the General Court

Carina Gommers; Eleni Foscolos

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 345–347, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz037

Supermac’s great Big Mac attack: even world-famous brands need to prove use

Darren Meale

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 347–349, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz039

CJEU confirms rejection of Birkenstock’s application for trade mark protection of sole patterns

Michele Giannino

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 349–351, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz035

What is love? Not a distinctive element, says Singapore IP Office

Stella Altea Signoroni

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 351–352, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz021

AG Szpunar advises CJEU to rule that unlicensed sampling infringes phonogram producers’ reproduction right

Anja Fischhold

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 353–354, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz033

German Federal Court of Justice asks CJEU if YouTube is directly liable for user-uploaded content

Jurriaan J H van Mil

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 355–356, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz034

True gold: damages for infringement of copyright in music

Alex Walker

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 356–358, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz029

A first look at the designs repair defence in Australia

Tyrone Berger

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 358–359, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz040

ARTICLES

European Union trade mark round-up 2018

Arnaud Folliard-Monguiral; David Rogers

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 360–378, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz025

Crabs, convenience stores and coffee houses—Trade mark and unfair competition protection for store front trade dress in Japan

John A Tessensohn

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 379–386, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz048

Justifications for reconsidering initial interest confusion after Interflora

Alexandra Allen-Franks

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 387–400, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpy177

Colour trade marks revisited: use and infringement

Joshua Marshall

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 401–406, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz018

FROM GRUR INT.

How data protection fits with the algorithmic society via two intellectual property rights – a comparative analysis

Cristiana Sappa

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 407–418, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz022

IP IN REVIEW

Unified patent protection in Europe Review

Robin Jacob

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 419–420, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz028

Don't judge a book by its title

Richard Arnold

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 420–422, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpz047

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