Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. What’s so moral about the “moral rights” of copyright for academics?
2. Should employees  be bothered with innovation?
3. Learn more about the patenting culture in Scandinavian Countries and Germany in respect to Lithuania here.

 

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. The 2016 Global Innovation Index. Lazy read here.
2. What have ‘cobots’ to do with IP?
3. Shooting a movie in India and wondering if the movie title can be protected? Not shooting, but curious anyway? This is for you.
4. Not a lazy read per se, but readers of WIPO Magazine have been invited to complete this survey ‘to better understand your interests and reading habits so that we can deliver the content you want to read in the formats you prefer’. The survey will close on September 9, 2016.
5. Not so IP-related, but I have always found the concept of data and privacy protection fascinating.

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. The August 2016 edition of WIPO Magazine is out and in the spirit of the ongoing Olympics, there’s an article on that. IP-related of course.
2. We had previously mentioned here, that Angela Daly‘s book Socio-legal Aspects of the 3-D Printing Revolution was scheduled for release in June 2016. It’s out now and Nicola Searle has been kind enough to review it here. 
3. If you have been following the US Presidential elections, you would have heard by now the plagiarism allegations leveled against Melania Trump for copying parts of Michelle Obama’s speech. IP Whiteboard has this to say about that.
4. WIPO is about to open external offices in Africa – Algeria and Nigeria. 6 African Member States submitted their proposals, which you can read here. Looks like the right time for the Lady to update her CV. WIPO, here we come!
5. Ever wondered why you can’t find some of your favourite music artistes on Spotify? Here’s why.

6. Recently, the Lady came across a tweet that forbade someone for using the Rio2016 hashtag and thought it was ridiculous. Well, it appears not to be hence the question –  Are companies allowed to tweet about #Rio2016?

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. Winners of IPKat‘s IP Limmerick competition have been announced and not only are the entries witty, they also provide concise information on IP and related matters from around the world.
2. In case you missed it, the Nigerian Copyright Commission’s website is back up and along with the revamped website comes the Commission’s Q1, 2016 Report. According to the report, the proposed amendment of the Copyright Act is complete and waiting to be passed into Law. You would recall that submissions and comments were invited on the Draft Copyright Bill, 2015 between late last year and early this year.
3. From UK Intellectual Property Office comes ‘IP and BREXIT: The facts‘. You can catch up on other BREXIT related articles here.

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. The access to medicine debate never ends. This time, India and HIV/AIDS are at the forefront.
2. Still on access to medicine, a Commitment on Investment in Access to Essential Medicines was signed at UNCTAD14.
3. IP Watch analyses the significance of Uruguay’s Win Over Philip Morris International in relation to plain tobacco packaging.
4. Significant developments in cloud privacy within Europe and US.

5. The Dark Side of the Internet: Fraud, Theft, and Illegal Trade

6. On publication on the Internet Prior to filing Israel Design Applications

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. It would appear that Singaporean courts permit the use of ‘own name’ defense by corporations in trademark infringement suits.
2. Kenya’s Permanent Presidential Music Commission (PPMC) has released a draft of its proposed National Music Bill and is calling for comments.IP Kenya has some preliminary comments.
3. IP texts from Africa  are far and in between. As such, new publication are always welcome. However, IP Kenya does not seem impressed by a new book – Intellectual Property Law in East Africa by Prof. Bakibinga and Dr. Kakungulu. What say you?
4. What do you know about copyright and maps?
5. What happens when Patentology meets the Productivity Commission on the Patenting of Computer-Implemented Inventions in Australia?
6. The latest edition of WIPO Magazine.
7. ARIPO has published a survey on the status of Collective Management Organizations in its Member States.

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. As a lawyer, it is important to keep your clients informed of matters relating to their brief. Failure to do so may amount to ‘unsatisfactory conduct/unsatisfactory professional conduct’ as held in this Australian case.
2. We have previously covered the possible implications of Brexit on the IP Community here, but now that the United Kingdom has voted in favour of Brexit following a referendum, it is important to revisit the matter. Numerous articles and announcements have been made by stakeholders in this regard and we have highlighted some for your reading pleasure:
   • A primer from Managing IP on Brexit and IP
   • IPCOPY writes about IP in the UK after Brexit Referendum
   • ITMA’s EU Referendum statement
   • IPKat’s heartfelt apology to Europe (This particular post is dear to the Lady’s heart having studied IP in UK and come to envy how IP operates on an almost unified platform across Europe. The world is pretty much a global village and as such IP has over time transcended territorial boundaries. The Lady believes the EU’s unified approach to IP has laid the foundations of what IP should look like in the future.)
   • According to Kluwer Patent Blog, even in case of a Brexit, UK may join Unitary Patent system
   • CIPA’s President calls for calm whilst stating that European patents and patent work remain unaffected
   • World Trademark Review provides a round-up of reactions to Brexit by industry professionals.
   • … as does World Intellectual Property Review here and here.

   • What Brexit means for trade mark portfolios, IP contracts and the UPC by Hogan Lovells

   • IP Watch summarises that there are indeed many unanswered questions

Finally, if any of our readers is confused about Brexit, here is Brexit explained to non-brits because of course, Brits know what Brexit is about anyway.

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. I am still confused by this complaint sent to IP Factor. The more I read it, the more perplexed I am. Some lawyers ordered lunch to their office for themselves and the client, and invoiced the client. I am almost certain that will never happen in Nigeria. You certainly don’t want your clients thinking you’re miserly.
2. This is courtesy the Lady’s father – Citigroup Inc (C.N) has sued AT&T Inc (T.N) for the use of “thanks” and “AT&T thanks” in a new customer loyalty program which infringes the former’s trademark rights to the phrase “thankyou”.*sigh* More on that here and here anyway.
   
3. Is there a thin line between ‘trademark enforcement’ and ‘trademark bullying’? Find out here.
4. If the allegation of sampling levelled against Justin Beiber and producer, Skrillex (as well as the other songwriters of ‘Sorry’) by Indie artist, Casey Dienel (aka White Hinterland) were instituted in Australia, here is what the Courts will consider. The song by Dienel is ‘Ring the Bell’.
5. On patent marking in Australia and its effectiveness.
6. I absolutely enjoyed reading this post on Cannibalism, Branding and Market Segmentation.

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. This cracked me up – a case of mistaken identity on a live interview about Trademarks.
2. If limericks are your thing, IPKat is inviting submissions. IP themed of course. The deadline for submissions is  June 23, 2016 – the same day as the UK vote on whether to leave the EU, to help you remember.
3. On personality rights and protection of image rights in Uganda.
4. The QMJIP team have been extra busy – New Trademark Defenses System, #canitrademarkmyhashtag? and Easter rabbits: a fairy tale on communication right make my top reads. Catch up on other new blog posts here.
5. The latest edition of the QMJIP Journal is also out.
6. The QMJIP team also do a good job of curating IP events around the world. This is for the month of May, 2016.

Lazy…not so lazy Saturday Reads

1. Here are five things you should know about the Defend Trade Secrets Act that was signed signed into law by President Obama on May 11, 2016.
2. Here are 10 things you should know about India’s National Intellectual Property Rights Policy.
3. Did you know that under Italian law, the principle of stare decisis (binding precedent) does not exist? Well, that’s by the way in this analysis of a recent judgment by the Tribunale di Roma (Rome Court of First Instance) that rightholders are not obliged to indicate URLs when submitting takedown request.
4. We believe our esteemed guests know better than relying on Wikipedia. Right? This is what happened when a company tried to register ‘My Cloud’ in Israel relying on the personal pronoun ‘my’ for distinctiveness.
5. If you have been following the developments at the European Patent Office, this update is for you. If you have not, well…go on…read it.
6. Angela Daly‘s book Socio-Legal Aspects of the 3D Printing Revolution, will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in June 2016. In the meantime,  she has this to say about 3D printing.
7. What has IP got to do with Economics? Here is some insight.
8. Ifeoluwa Olubiyi, a Phd Research Fellow at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, needs some input in respect of how collective management organisations are run in your jurisdiction. For how you can help, see here.