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• Commerce and Investment Agreement with the US announced
• The 16th Meeting of China-ASEAN Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Held in Shaanxi
• 100 Years of WIPO’s International Design System: Celebrating Iconic Designs for the Ages
• The 2025 ID5 Annual Meeting Convened
• Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!
• Berlin Regional Court indirectly exclaims ‘Yippee-ki-yay’ to AI-voice cloning Bruce Willis’ German dubbing artist’s voice
• Intellectual Property Office fees to increase from April 2026
• High Court of London – Case: Getty Images (US) Inc. v. Stability AI Ltd
• Our achievements highlighted in the 2024–25 Annual Report
• Wednesday Whimsies
• Getty Images v Stability: Long-awaited judgment rejects majority of Getty's claim
• Will change people's habits with fireproof box
• ACT sends letter to the European Commission on online piracy of live content
• Author remuneration in the streaming age – exploitation rights and fair remuneration rules in the EU
• EUIPO launches new AI-powered tool to screen trade marks before filing
• BABEK v Iceland: Court of Appeal dismisses invalidity challenge
• Basmati saga continues as New Zealand upholds rejection of certification mark
• [Guest Post] Has G1/23 harmoniously recast the European law of enablement?
• Adapting the old to the bold: Saudi Arabia’s first AI copyright case
• Universities in High-Income Economies Remain the Most Connected Globally, While Universities in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, the United States, Qatar, Iran, Brazil, And South Africa Drive Regional Progress
• Unlocking the Commercial Value of Filing in Australia
• Contract Registration with the BPTO: New Rules Make the Process More Efficient and Transparent
• Federal Circuit tells petitioners that IPR denials are unreviewable regardless of reliance on agency guidance in place at time of filing
• Turning Trade Mark Objections into Opportunities: A Business Case for Ex Parte Hearings
• USPTO Expedited Patent Examination Changes - Give and Take
• Samsung v. ZTE motion-to-dismiss hearing, and two new UPC decisions
• Ukraine: navigating the examination and registration framework before the UANIPIO
• United States: how a multi-pronged legislative approach is curbing the online trade in fakes
• Issue Averted - Flip supply chain readiness from burden to value
• Tanzania Court Confirms ARIPO Trade Marks Not Enforceable in Mainland Tanzania
• Nigeria Introduces Temporary Manual Process for Trade Mark Filings
• AI in the Legal Sector: Transforming Law Practices in 2025
• Marketing and business development: what’s the difference?
• Brazil And China Extend Patent Acceleration Program Until 2029
• BPTO Highlights the Role of Intellectual Property in Global Sustainable Development
• Descriptive Use as a Defense to Trademark Infringement in India
• Apples to Apples—Federal Circuit Requires Consistency in DuPont Factors Analysis
• Guide to EU Trademark Renewal
• The EU principle of proportionality as a limit to injunctions in patent law - an analysis of German court practice after the Second Act to Simplify and Modernize Patent Law of 2021
• Patentee's own post-published data undermines the credibility of their broad cat antibody patent (T 0709/23)
• Collaboration between HCO and the Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of East Attica – “Copyright in our lives” for primary education teachers
• Reframing IP Perspectives: From Lease Clauses to Fragile Vases
• Commercially ghoulish or ghostly? Stan Lee was an ‘AI-powered’ hologram for Marvel fans at LA Comic Con
• “Something Nice” in Every Language: How EUIPO Mediation Turned a Trade Mark Clash into a Sustainable Solution
• Brazil Makes Contribution to Fund WIPO Projects in Developing Countries
• The 22nd Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum Held
• Renaming Nigeria’s National Theatre: Issues in Law, IP, and Heritage
• IDDQD and Royal Mail v Codeberry: Claim succeeds in addresses database claim
• Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!
• CNIPA Deputy Commissioner Meets with Vice President of INTERPAT in Beijing
• adidas v Thom Browne: Court of Appeal upholds invalidity of three-stripe position marks
• Sufficiency at the priority date: A study protocol is not "the same" as a therapeutic effect invention (T0883/23)
• Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!
• Shen Changyu Holds Bilateral Meeting with SAKPATENTI Chairman Soso Giorgadze
• UPDATE: Possible trade mark scam alert!
• SA Patent Reform Underway: A Call for Balanced, Modern IP Laws
• Tuesday Tiddlywinks
• "Basmati" decision in Kenya disregards protection of unregistered trade marks
• CNIPA Deputy Commissioner Leads Delegation to Brazil and Argentina for Working Visits
• The new CI GIs system and the use of AI in IP examination, at the October User Group Meeting’s and Liaison Meetings’ agenda
• From peppers to watermelons: Navigating the "dynamic interpretation" of plant and animal patentability (T 2049/23)
• As the AI bubble swells, Spotify’s ‘artist-first’ AI music product announcement might just be code for maximising shareholder value
• K-Patents Go Global: Patent Filing by Koreans Increase Both Domestically and Abroad in the First Half of 2025
• Patent linkage, data exclusivity and public health: approaches for reform
• Brussels Court of Appeal finds Dr Martens’ yellow stitching distinctive
• [Book Review] The Future of Geographical Indications: European and Global Perspectives
• [Guest post] Has G1/23 harmoniously "recast" the European law of enablement?
• [Guest post] The patentability of prohibited practices in the field of AI
• TDM exceptions (not just the three-step test) don’t allow all unlicensed AI development
• The HCO in Epirus – Next Stop: Ioannina!
• Global fight against e-commerce fakes: The EUIPO, OLAF, and international stakeholders share knowledge and expertise
• Opening Ceremony for the 14th CIPF & Awarding Ceremony for the 25th WIPO-CNIPA Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention & Industrial Design Held in Dalian
• On the day of Inauguration, MOIP Embarks on Global Cooperation with WIPO
• Commissioner of Patents guidance update regarding computer-implemented inventions
• The HCO in Epirus – Arta
• Registering a Food Brand as a Trade Mark
• CNIPA Deputy Commissioner Meets with Roche's Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Guide to Trademark Renewal in Malaysia
• Guidance for Foreign Applicants – Trademark Fast Track Options in Brazil
• Update on the Issuance of Electronic Certificates
• New USPTO leadership continues America Invents Act reimagining
• Collaboration of HCO with the Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of East Attica – “Copyright in Our Lives” for secondary education teachers
• The HCO in Epirus – Visit to the 9th Primary School of Arta.
• Songwriter on a Mission to Protect Music Artists’ Rights in Thailand
• Signs newly notified under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention published – 30 September 2025
• Copyright 101: Understanding the Basics
• New minister appointed with responsibility for intellectual property
• Mac v Q Deck - an object lesson in unregistered designs
• EUIPO-AECM meeting: A new chapter for IP-backed finance
• Bartz v. Anthropic – $1.5 Billion Settlement for Use of Pirated Books in AI Training
• Now you see me: When partial visibility of a design is enough – and when not
• From oil to gemstones: Our shifting understanding of the value of data
• Use of AI in the patent industry: The spectre of hallucination
• 10th Anti-Scam Network Meeting: Strengthening the fight against misleading invoices
• EUIPO expresses solidarity following the earthquake in the Philippines and grants extension of time limits
• Revisiting the 2025 GII Ranking of World’s Top 100 Innovation Clusters: New Venture Capital Deals Metric
• Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!
• Use of AI in the patent industry: Solving the confidentiality problem
• Observatory plenary meeting, 30 September – 1 October 2025
• European Union seizes 112 million counterfeit items worth €3.8 billion in 2024