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AI and IP: managing difficulties

The BBC has reported the failure of two patent applications in the USA filed by an Artificial Intelligence System – DABUS . The protestations of DABUS’ creator that he had made absolutely no contribution to the inventions whatsoever were ignored by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

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SKYKICK CASE - UK COURT APPLIES CJEU’S GUIDANCE

Back in January the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down its preliminary ruling in Case C-371/18 Sky plc and others -v- SkyKick UK Ltd and another. Today, the High Court of England and Wales applied the guidance of the CJEU when handing down its final judgment.

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Cheesy Taste - Part 2

The case in question concerns cheese. In summary, Levola makes a cheese called Heksenkass. It brought a case before the Dutch Courts, alleging that Smilde Foods had produced a rival cheese (called Witte Wievenkass) that tasted the same as Heksenkass, and thus infringed its copyright in the taste of Heksenkass.

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Brands Noise - September 2018

With autumn now upon us, I wanted to talk about a case that was reported in late July, but which may have got overlooked by many as a result of the summer holidays.

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What shape are we in - Part 2?

In January 2016 I wrote a short piece about the difficulties trade mark owners face in trying to secure, by way of a UK registered trade mark, protection against a competitor copying the 'shape' of their goods.

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