JIPLP: June issue

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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

June issue of JIPLP is out

Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2019

EDITORIAL

Artificial Intelligence & copyright: Section 9(3) or authorship without an author

CURRENT INTELLIGENCE

Liability of Indian e-commerce websites for trade mark infringement by sellers

Milan court grants suppliers of luxury cosmetics interim relief against infringers of selective distribution networks

Digitisation of art in the public domain–museum urges Wikimedia to take down reproductions of out-of-protection artworks

Delhi High Court rules on copyrightability of mechanical compilations: implications for Big Data?

Review Board of US Copyright Office confirms refusal to register blank form with some text due to insufficient originality

Turkey introduces mandatory civil mediation for commercial cases including IP rights

PRACTICE POINT

Strategies for medicinal product SPCs in Europe

ARTICLES

The not-so-secret secret to trade secret protection in China

To what extent does Uganda’s Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2006 incorporate the TRIPS Agreement’s standards?

Intellectual property law and parodies in the fashion industry

How the Nigerian Supreme Court finally resolved the copyright collective management organizations’ locus standi conundrum

Are patent assertion entities a threat to Europe?

FROM GRUR INT.

Pregabalin and Fulvestrant - a comparison of German and English liability regimes for Swiss-type claims in light of current case law

Joint liability in Germany for patent infringement committed abroad

IP IN REVIEW

An impressive synthesis …

A practical guide to the copyright and competition law aspects of transnational licencing

A reasoned and reasonable argument to untangle the derivative works right