JIPLP: Issue 1

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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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About the Journal

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 is often approached by prospective authors who would like to write something, but who would appreciate guidance regarding subject-matter, style and so forth. Here are a few pointers:

* Ask yourself what is it that you'd like to read in the journal, since that is handy rule of thumb which probably reflects the interests of your colleagues and your competitors;

* IP law and practice is very much a 'here and now' activity for JIPLP subscribers. The history of a right may be inherently interesting, or even sometimes relevant to the resolution of a specific issue, but would you expect a reader to look for it in JIPLP?

* Recycled Masters' dissertations and university essays make poor articles and are often difficult to convert from a piece that is designed to display erudition and research ability into an article that addresses lawyers, businesses and decision-makers. It's usually easier to start afresh by working out who your readers are and what you want to tell them.

* Please comply with the authors' instructions and note the journal's preferred length for articles. Most authors like to publish long ones, but subscribers tend to prefer reading shorter ones.

JIPLP

First JIPLP special image rights issue!

Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2020

EDITORIAL

What’s in one’s own image (right)?

CURRENT INTELLIGENCE

There is no hope in inventive step

The country of Iceland freezes out the eponymous supermarket: ICELAND trade marks invalidated

Appointed Person rejects appeal that two DG decisions are inconsistent

Court of Appeal clarifies joint authorship criteria under UK copyright law

Italian court confirms high standard of protection of image rights in Audrey Hepburn case

Glaxo gets puffed out: UK High Court finds colour purple not distinctive for asthma inhaler

Italian authorities seize Prosecco-flavoured Pringles: does the seizure contradict the CJEU’s decision in Champagner Sorbet?

Delhi High Court on applicability of DNA test as evidence to prove infringement of IP rights in plant varieties

Use it or lose it? Ukraine amends its law on GIs

PRACTICE POINT

Protection of one's own image under Russian law and court practice

ARTICLES

Regulating deep fakes: legal and ethical considerations

Fake it till you make it: an examination of the US and English approaches to persona protection as applied to deepfakes on social media

Do deepfakes pose a golden opportunity? Considering whether English law should adopt California's publicity right in the age of the deepfake

Image rights and passing off: should reputation be enough for celebrities to succeed in English courts?

Image rights and image wrongs: image-based sexual abuse and online takedown

The art of regulating the arts — artistic street photography and the limits of EU regulation

IP IN REVIEW

A comprehensive guide to the InfoSoc Directive

ERRATUM

Erratum

CORRIGENDUM

Corrigendum