Plant Varieties

Jocelyn Bosse analysed the recent changes to the plant variety rights system in South Africa.

Copyright and AI

Eleonora Rosati reviewed the Opinion of Advocate General Spielmann regarding copyright protection of a derivative work.

Alessandro Cerri discussed two recent decisions (Bartz v Anthropic and Kadrey v Meta) from the Northern District of California concerning the question of fair use and unlicensed AI training.

Söğüt Atilla outlined a recent decision of the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris rendered in a dispute between S.A.S. MAISON R&C, S.A.S. ATELIER R&C, Géraldine Lugassy Demri (defendants) and SOCIÉTÉ HERMES INTERNATIONAL, S.A.S. HERMES SELLIER (claimants) regarding unlicensed upcycling in the fashion industry.

Geographical Indications

Anastasiia Kyrylenko explained how regional authorities of Castilla-La Mancha played a special role in the registration of the Queso Manchego as a GI.

IP events and opportunities

Marcel Pemsel informed the Readers of various news and events.

Source: https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last.html