Posted by: Peter Groves in Untagged on
Aug 03, 2010
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Aug 03, 2010
Posted by: Peter Groves in United Kingdom on
Jul 21, 2010
New posts on my blog www.ipsojure.co.uk today dealing with
- The Monsanto patent case in the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Software patents in New Zealand
- IP Quester
- Affidavits to prove use of a trade mark in Community trade mark proceedings
Posted by: Peter Groves in Untagged on
Jul 16, 2010
New blog post
Groundless threats: new blog posting
Posted by: Peter Groves in Untagged on
Jul 09, 2010
The June edition of the IPso Jure monthly IP update podcast is now available - go to www.ipsojure.co.uk. Listen for free, pay for Continuing professional development ...
The current programme covers:
The Bilski case, on business method patents, in the US Supreme Court;
The Court of Appeal judgment in the Edwards Lifesciences case, and a “reverse-Edwards” priority dilemma in the High Court;
The Advocate General’s opinion in Flos, a case on the interface between Italian copyright and designs law;
The Court of Justice on whether perfume testers are “put on the market”; and
A malicious falsehood case in which the Court of Appeal rejects the single meaning rule
Posted by: Peter Groves in Untagged on
Jun 10, 2010
My monthly IP update podcast is now accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Anyone can download the programmes from www.ipsojure.co.uk, but there is a modest charge (details on the site) for registering for CPD. Please check it out, and let me know what you think - and how it can be improved. And please join the LinkedIn IPso Jure
Posted by: Peter Groves in Podcasts on
Apr 17, 2010
I have recently produced a new edition of my IP update podcast, covering March 2010 (http://ipso-jure.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-ipso-jure-monthly-podcast.html), thanks to my sponsor Olcott International - "world leaders in patent renewals". If you're interested in what is happening in English IP law (I do not presume to speak for Scotland or Northern Ireland) I hope you'll find it worth listening to. One listener told me:
It's not like listening to a lecture at all, more like sitting having a conversation with a very knowledgeable (and funny) friend ... You have a very clear way of putting things and a very reassuring voice, and I like the way you maintain your enthusiasm throughout.
Practitioners in the UK will soon be able to satisfy most of their Continuing Professional Development
I am coming to the end of writing my Dictionary of Intellectual Property, which will be published later in the year - but even at this late stage, I would welcome any suggestions for expressions (especially from foreign legal systems) that I should include. You can see an outline containing all the expressions included so far
here and if anyone wishes to see the whole text please let me know. If you have any suggestions please email me - peter@petergroves.co.uk.
Posted by: Peter Groves in licensing on
Mar 12, 2010
According to Sales J in BMS Computer Solutions Limited v AB Agri Limited [2010] EWHC 464 (Ch) a perpetual licence can be one that continues without limitation of time, or one that is never-ending. It's not something that I had ever really thought about, I have to confess, though I have used the expression many times. However, in the BMS case it assumed an importance that it doesn't usually have, because of the effect of variations of the agreement. The upshot was that the licence had to be construed as meaning without limitation of time, allowing for the possibility of termination. It was the only interpretation of the words that was consistent with the rest of the contract.
The parties also got into a mess with the provisions about where the software in question could be
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