Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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Too busy sorting through all your Valentine's mail last week to keep up with IPKat?! No problem, here's what you missed in the 136th edition of Never Too Late. 

Katfriend Gill Grassie (Brodies LLP) discusses the matter of Tartan Army Ltd v Sett GmbH and Others [2017] CSOH 22. This was a trade mark/passing off case relating to UK and EU registered marks ‘Tartan Army’ decided by the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

Neil reviews John Murphy’s book Brandfather: The Man Who Invented Branding.In his book Murphy describes his career from a job in corporate planning to the creation of a brand naming, such as PROZAC and ZENECA, and trademark prosecution company to the establishment of Interbrand and, in particular, the development of the field of brand valuation.

Intern Kat Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo continues her report from the 11th edition of the Pan-European Intellectual Property Summit which took place on 1st and 2nd December at the World Customs Organization in Brussels.

Recent call for papers, upcoming events and latest updates including the publication of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 5th annual International IP Index.

A round up of the latest highlights from the IP bloggersphere!


PREVIOUSLY ON NEVER TOO LATE

Never Too Late 135 [week ending on Sunday 12 February] | Playing Polo with potential defendants I KYLIE trade mark battle spinning around I When the IP community reaches out to the broader public: the story of IDIA in India I Too big to pay? Employee-inventor compensation in the Court of Appeal I Willow Tea Rooms: A tale of tea and trade marks (Part 2) I BREAKING: AG Szpunar advises CJEU to rule that The Pirate Bay makes acts of communication to the public I No more counterfeiters! Chanel, Apple, Bayer, LVMH (and more) write to President Juncker on revision to IP Enforcement Directive I Is German SEP litigation set to increase with the "confidentiality club decision" of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf? I After Sweden and Germany, GS Media finds its application in the Czech Republic

Never Too Late 134 [week ending on Sunday 5 February] | King Tut's tomb: conservation or replication (but don't forget the "aura")? | Willow Tea Rooms: A tale of tea and trade marks Part 1 | The next round of Cartier: UK Supreme Court will hear appeal re costs of intermediary injunctions | New National IP Strategic Action Plan in China | Full decision of Enlarged Board of Appeal in partial priority / poisonous divisionals referral (G01/15) published |INGRES Conference Part II - Trade Secret, Copyright, Design and Trade Mark Law Developments |5 mistakes to avoid in IP student essays ... and not only there | INGRES Conference Part I - European Patent Law Developments | Remembering Masaya Nakamura, the "Father of Pac-Man" 

Never Too Late 133 [week ending on Sunday 29 January] | IP Summit 2016 (First Part) | When a quote becomes famous: even if it was never quite said that way | The trademark licensing question that won't go away: the standing of a licensee to sue | Would you like a side of Mr Justice Arnold on SPCs with your wind turbine? Teva v Gilead, Abraxis v Comptroller and Wobben v Siemens kick of 2017's patent cases | AIPPI (UK) Event: 2016's patent cases - all you really need to know | BREAKING: CJEU rules that EU law does NOT prevent punitive damages in IP cases | Supreme Court rules Act of Parliament is needed to initiate UK leaving the EU| Book review: "From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print"| Applications for information on infringers can be made outside of IP infringement proceedings| The Michael Jordan case in China – to be continued 

Never Too Late 132 [week ending on Sunday 22 January] |When this Kat doesn't know, he reaches out to Kat readers: what really happened at the dawn of modern commercial trademark use? I Social media, "WikiLeaks" and false news in the 18th century: Thomas Jefferson and the "Mazzei letter" I Does the economic impact of SPCs necessitate SPC Regulation reform? The European Commission wants to find out I A look at the proposal for the ePrivacy Regulation I BGH: to cease means to recall I Never too Late x2 I Around the IP Blogs 

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