Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice

2021 - 2025

Current editor(s): Eleonora Rosati, Stefano Barazza and Marius Schneider

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Volume 20, issue 3, 2025

WIPO Treaty on IP, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge: a new international agreement, but does it really create a full new IP right? pp. 129-130

Richard Milchior

CJEU rules on vertical direct effect of InfoSoc Directive and allows national courts to disapply incorrect national transpositions pp. 131-133

Eleonora Rosati

Patent quality matters pp. 134-138

Oliver Baldus

Moral rights in Australia: a case law retrospective—Part 2 pp. 139-146

Catherine Bond

Choice of law in trade secret cases: a Chinese perspective pp. 147-154

Chen Nanrui

Intellectual property rights as a tool for bridging gender gap: approaches and prospects under the African Union pp. 155-165

Saudin J Mwakaje

Good appellate practice means explaining decisions: how the overuse of one-word affirmances harms US patent law pp. 166-169

Charles Macedo, David Goldberg, Thomas Hart, John Dellaportas and Jamie Zipper

Bolivia’s resistance to modification and commodification of seeds: challenges in aligning domestic situation with its international position pp. 170-181

Saurav Ghimire, Kim Van der Borght and Christine Frison

Copyright and AI training data—transparency to the rescue? pp. 182-192

Adam Buick

Development, trade and IP in Africa pp. 193-193

Nora Ho Tu Nam

Volume 20, issue 2, 2025

IP is back in fashion or, rather, fashion is back in IP! pp. 63-63

Eleonora Rosati

Opportunities and challenges for fashion companies in the use of blockchain technology as a tool for product authentication and counterfeit prevention pp. 64-70

Anca Ciurel

From calico to catwalk: Addressing the UK’s enduring issue of fashion piracy pp. 71-77

Alice Wickens

A copyright nexus between food and fashion pp. 78-91

Amanda Mell

The copyright and design protection interplay post-Cofemel: continuity or recalibration? pp. 92-104

Spyros Sipetas

Fashioning Authenticity: How Digital Product Passports could shape the future of trade mark law pp. 105-110

Christophe Gösken

Fashion 4.0 and emerging designers: leveraging data and AI to drive creativity, innovation and compliance in global supply chain regulation pp. 111-121

Eleanor Rockett, Mark Fenwick and Paulius Jurcys

A thoughtful, comprehensive investigation into IP and arbitration today pp. 122-123

Philippa Prendergast-Coates

Extended protection of reputed trade marks from an international perspective pp. 124-127

Michal Bohaczewski

Volume 20, issue 1, 2025

A bright future ahead for the UPC pp. 1-2

Stefano Barazza, Penny Gilbert, Tilman Müller-Stoy and Christopher Stothers

The race for global FRAND rate setting: where does the Unified Patent Court stand? pp. 3-7

Rajvinder Jagdev and Claire Robinson

Publicity of proceedings before the Unified Patent Court pp. 8-15

Vilhelm Schröder

The bifurcation challenge at the Unified Patent Court pp. 16-22

Martina Dani

Public access to the register of the Unified Patent Court: unprecedented transparency with unfounded limitations pp. 23-31

Giorgia Galeotta, Tamar Khuchua and Martin Stierle

Orders to preserve evidence at the Unified Patent Court: a practical guide pp. 32-35

Marc Lauzeral and Stella Signoroni

Fashion first: Buckle Ballerina shoes recognized as applied art under Danish copyright law pp. 36-38

Vishv Priya Kohli

Moral rights in Australia: a case law retrospective—Part 1 pp. 39-45

Catherine Bond

Patents, gendered bodies and innovation: a case study on contraceptives pp. 46-60

Jessica C Lai

A Genevan panorama on IP and sustainability pp. 61-62

Simon Geiregat

Volume 19, issue 12, 2024

Is text and data mining synonymous with AI training? pp. 851-852

Eleonora Rosati

Unfair competition law in Ghana: unravelling the scope, evolving jurisprudence, challenges and future directions pp. 853-859

Isaac Kundakogo Kunko

Enforceability of trade mark rights in Metaverse: where virtual worlds meet legal realities pp. 860-873

Timothée Charmeil

Resolution of IP disputes in Turkey: emerging trends of mandatory mediation and specialized courts for IP disputes pp. 874-883

Serkan Kaya, Emrullah Kervankıran and Muhammed Furkan Akıncı

‘It’s Me, Hi, I’m The Problem, It’s Me’: Re-recording as an alternative to statutory copyright reversion pp. 884-895

Joshua Yuvaraj

Portfolios, pools and public intervention—IP strategies for a greener future? pp. 896-907

Alex Mocanu

Introducing a droit de suite through NFTs in Japan: legal hurdles pp. 908-916

Manon Fafet

Digital platforms, competition law, and regulation pp. 917-918

Richard Milchior

Volume 19, issue 11, 2024

Preventive patent enforcement by artificial intelligence pp. 797-797

Thomas Heinz Meitinger

Vidal v Elster: US Supreme Court confirms constitutionality of Lanham Act prohibition on registration of trade marks comprising names of living people without their consent pp. 798-801

Charles R Macedo, David P Goldberg and Joshua Jacobson

US Supreme Court holds that copyright law’s discovery rule does not impose a 3-year limit on infringement damages pp. 802-804

Charles R Macedo, David P Goldberg, Thomas Hart and Jamie Zipper

The nature, scope and validity of patent pledges pp. 805-808

Gabriela Lenarczyk, Timo Minssen and Mateo Aboy

The concept of ‘due cause’ and its role in safeguarding fundamental rights under EU trade mark law: how should the CJEU rule in IKEA, C-298/23? pp. 809-820

Til Todorski

Perception analysis of TCE holders about ownership, possession, use, misuse and misappropriation in India pp. 821-833

Narendran Thiruthy and Kanimozhi Thaninayagam

The sufficiency of disclosure of AI inventions pp. 834-840

Mateo Aboy, Aparajita Lath, Timo Minssen and Kathleen Liddell

SPC squatting pp. 841-846

Marco Stief

Counterfeit goods and organized crime: an intractable problem pp. 847-848

Christophe Gösken

Volume 19, issue 10, 2024

Standing up for geographical indications in Africa pp. 745-746

Nora Ho Tu Nam

Striking a balance between innovation and tradition in the global patent system pp. 747-749

Frédéric Perron-Welch

LKQ realigns US design patent law on obviousness with KSR pp. 750-753

Charles R Macedo, David P Goldberg, Thomas Hart and Jamie Zipper

SPC Manufacturing and Stockpiling Waiver—part 2 pp. 754-763

Marco Stief

The UPC CoA’s first substantive order—central issues clarified, but on a high level pp. 764-769

Matthias Leistner and Sebastian Berns

Germany: the House of Birkenstock—rise and fall under copyright law? pp. 770-778

Henning Hartwig

Separated, united or a bit of both? Infringement and validity at the Unified Patent Court pp. 779-783

Nora Kessler and Christoph Palzer

Liability for AI-related IP infringements in the European Union pp. 784-792

Ana Rački Marinković

Remodelling IP rights for global justice, innovation and sustainability pp. 793-796

Felipe de Andrade

Volume 19, issue 9, 2024

‘Designating’ the future of geographical indications pp. 693-694

Bernardo Calabrese

SPC manufacturing and stockpiling waiver—part 1 pp. 695-704

Marco Stief

Can you patent the sun? Towards a sui generis inclusive right to manage the relationship between intellectual property and Commons pp. 705-716

Gabriele Cifrodelli

Intellectual property norms in the polycrisis—(still) omnipresent, distracting, irrelevant? pp. 717-724

Caroline B Ncube

The devil is in the divisional: an analysis of divisional patents, deadlines, declarations and suggestions for future practice pp. 725-733

Mieke Filler

The anti-suit injunctions in patent litigation in China: what role for judicial self-restraint? pp. 734-742

Alexandr Svetlicinii and Fali Xie

Still standing: important reflections on the global IP framework in times of crisis pp. 743-743

Míchel Olmedo Cuevas

Volume 19, issue 8, 2024

Should the EU unify copyright laws? pp. 621-622

Eleonora Rosati

Punitive damages under the Chinese Civil Code in the context of damages for trade mark infringement: the award that dares to speak its name pp. 623-628

Michele Ferrante

Why 50?: ‘industrial application’ limitation in the Indian copyright-design interface pp. 629-638

Ambika Aggarwal and Anindya Sircar

A case for activating producers’ rights in discussions on conservation of biodiversity through Geographical Indications pp. 639-647

Devanshi Saxena and Christine Frison

A multi-perspective view on visibility in EU design law pp. 648-657

Lavinia Brancusi

Legal incentives for innovations in the emotional AI domain: a carrot and stick approach? pp. 658-667

Rosa Maria Ballardini, Rob van den Hoven van Genderen and Tomi Nokelainen

Injunctions and damages for patent infringement under the UPCA in light of the principle of proportionality—Part II: damages pp. 668-676

Franz Hofmann and Benjamin Raue

Re-examining the compatibility of US fair use with Korean copyright law: challenges and suggestions for Korean fair use pp. 677-689

Hyojung Kim

The case for a holistic approach to IP law and access to medicines for least developed countries: an African perspective pp. 690-691

Chimdessa Fekadu Tsega

Volume 19, issue 7, 2024

To be or not to be (the copyright holder) pp. 551-551

Cédric Manara

The notion of ‘authorship’ under EU law—who can be an author and what makes one an author? An analysis of the legislative framework and case law pp. 552-556

Johannes Fritz

Copyright, text & data mining and the innovation dimension of generative AI pp. 557-570

Kalpana Tyagi

AI covers: legal notes on audio mining and voice cloning pp. 571-576

Antonios Baris

Injunctions and damages for patent infringement under the UPCA in light of the principle of proportionality—Part I: injunctions pp. 577-589

Franz Hofmann and Benjamin Raue

Cross-checking the recitals: the exclusion of ‘the mere provision of physical facilities’ from the right of communication to the public in recent CJEU case law pp. 590-595

Victor Mütter

Female patent attorneys and movements around the profession: achieving non-gendered decision-making pp. 596-617

Jessica C Lai, Ronelle Geldenhuys, Maryam Khajeh Tabari and Mark Summerfield

Shedding light on the complex relationship between AI, art and copyright law pp. 618-619

Ernesto Edwards

Volume 19, issue 6, 2024

Authors’, not ‘content creators pp. 465-466

Giuseppe Mazziotti

Round-up of European enforcement case law 2023 pp. 467-475

Carina Gommers, Willem Leppink and Marius Schneider

Round-up of United States copyright cases 2023 pp. 476-482

Charles R Macedo, David P Goldberg, Thomas Hart and Yangfan Xu

Divergences in the recent case-law of the General Court of the European Union in the field of IP pp. 483-492

Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos

Freedom to Operate analysis as competitive necessity—the Selden automobile patent case revisited pp. 493-507

John Howells and Ron D Katznelson

Authorship and re-equilibration of the dynamics in the fashion industry: can the DSM Directive be the leader of a new regime for designers? pp. 508-513

Spyridon Sipetas

Statute of limitations rules in patent infringement litigation in China pp. 521-540

Defeng Song

Blockchain as a database—proposal for a new test for the criterion of ‘independence’ in the legal definition of a database for the purposes of copyright and the sui generis right pp. 521a-540a

Ilsu Erdem Ari

Inspiration or infringement? Social media ‘viral’ trends: a case study on TikTok pp. 541-546

Michela Galea

Keeping tabs on the lifeblood of the publishing ecosystem pp. 547-547

Molly Stech

Legal science fiction—a non-conventional form of legal education? pp. 548-549

Shenali Dias

Volume 19, issue 5, 2024

The so-called ‘person skilled in the art’: a donkey or a genius? pp. 387-389

Roberto Dini and Mario Franzosi

‘Take the Money and Run’: if there is copyright there is art (in Denmark)? pp. 390-392

Stina Teilmann-Lock and Vishv Priya Kohli

Round-up of non-traditional EU trade mark decisions 2023 pp. 393-406

Gordon Humphreys, Nedim Malovic and Stefan Martin

Round-up of fashion-related IP decisions 2023 pp. 407-431

Shariqa Mestroni, Shehana Wijesena, Lynne Lewis, Denisa Švecová, Karin Lexman-nová, Amalie Gustafsson, Emilie Baun, Géraldine Arbant, Pava Vrhovac, Mascha Grundmann, Julia Präger, Cristiana Andreotta, Sara Massalongo, Francesca Rombolá, Nina Dorenbosch, Julia Kostrzewa, Mateusz Żuk, Antonio Cueto, Christine Danos, Ciara Hughes and Alessandra Naia

Round-up of UK trade mark disputes 2023 pp. 432-438

Darren Meale

Fingolimod—(no) injunction before patent grant pp. 439-452

Marco Stief

The text and data mining opt-out in Article 4(3) CDSMD: Adequate veto right for rightholders or a suffocating blanket for European artificial intelligence innovations? pp. 453-459

Gina Maria Ziaja

The importance of empirical research in contemporary Intellectual Property rights academia pp. 460-462

Niharika Salar

The intricate interplay between copyright law and technology pp. 462-464

Baiyang Xiao

Volume 19, issue 4, 2024

Too artistic to be protected? Why the artistic and substantial value of an object are not the same thing pp. 279-280

Eleonora Rosati

Procedural autonomy of national courts acting as EU trade mark courts—how far can the effectiveness of unitary character of EUTMs be ensured? pp. 281-287

Agnieszka Sztoldman

Patenting artificial intelligence: the High Court’s decision in Emotional Perception pp. 287-290

Plamen Dinev

Round-up of European Union trade marks in 2023 pp. 291-302

Arnaud Folliard-Monguiral and David Rogers

Round-up of China trade marks in 2023 pp. 303-309

Michele Ferrante

Round-up of IP decisions in Africa 2023 pp. 310-317

Chijioke Okorie, Dorcas Chebet Koros, Jessie Victoria Mgonja, Nora Ho Tu Nam, Rita Anwiri Chindah and Marius Schneider

Round-up of English patent litigation 2023 pp. 318-327

Trevor CookBird & Bird

The WIPO IGC Chair’s Draft on IP and Genetic Resources—Reasons for concern pp. 328-336

Pedro Henrique D Batista

Challenging the existing order of knowledge sharing governance with digital sequence information on genetic resources pp. 337-357

Charles Lawson, Fran Humphries and Michelle Rourke

The rise of the metaverse: tethering effect and intellectual property of crypto tokens pp. 358-370

Jakub Wyczik

The subsistence and enforcement of copyright and trade mark rights in the metaverse pp. 371-384

Cheng Lim Saw and Samuel Zheng Wen Chan

The moral boundaries of intellectual property from a US perspective pp. 385-386

Amanda Costa Novaes

Volume 19, issue 3, 2024

Issues in patenting ‘artificial intelligence’ from an EPO perspective pp. 201-202

Martin Müller

The changing nature of international intellectual property pp. 201-202

Pratyush Nath Upreti

Round-up of national decisions on online intermediaries and platforms 2023 pp. 206-216

Petr Kalenský, Taimr Martin, Aada Tolva-nen, Géraldine Arbant, Edouard Trep-poz, Pava Vrhovac, Adél Gelencsér, Bálint Halász, Federico Manstretta, Andrea Vantini, Clemens Molle, Manon Rieger-Jansen, David Fuentes Lahoz and Marta Arteaga

Round-up of national decisions on copyright protection of works of applied art 2023 pp. 217-233

Bird Ip

Towards patient welfare-centred pharmaceutical patents—a sustainable perspective pp. 250-255

Irene Lorenzo-Rego

Beijing Internet Court recognizes copyright in AI-generated image pp. 250-255

Tingting WenJinan

Flipping the paradigm of weak patent rights: from theories to evidence pp. 256-277

Cecilia Maronero and Annika Bichlmayr

A monumental scholarly work pp. 278-278

Andrea Zappalaglio

Volume 19, issue 2, 2024

Protection against unfair competition around the globe pp. 79-80

Martin Senftleben, Michael Handler and Irene Calboli

Article 10bis of the Paris Convention as the common denominator for protection against unfair competition in national and regional contexts pp. 81-89

Martin Senftleben

Law(s) against unfair competition: the legitimacy of the UK approach pp. 90-100

Dev Saif Gangjee

The stunted development of unfair competition law in the United States and Canada pp. 101-108

Christine Haight Farley

Preventing unfair competition in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific countries: the intertwined roles of passing off and consumer protection statutes pp. 109-118

Michael Handler

The incremental growth of unfair competition law in India pp. 119-125

Dev Saif Gangjee

The protection against unfair competition and passing off in ASEAN Member States: a review and commentary pp. 126-134

Irene Calboli

Protection of data under unfair competition law in Japan and Korea—a case of asymmetric convergence? pp. 135-142

Nari Lee

China’s regulations on new types of unfair competition in the digital age: ‘Internet Provision’ and ‘Data Provision’ pp. 143-148

Xuan Wang and Xiuqin Lin

Protection against unfair competition in the European Union: from divergent national approaches to harmonized rules on search result rankings, influencers and greenwashing pp. 149-161

Martin Senftleben

Unfair competition in the Arab world: a remedy completing IP limits? pp. 162-169

Pierre El Khoury

Confusion, unfair competition and legal action in OAPI countries pp. 170-176

Patrick Juvet Lowe Gnintedem

Protection against unfair competition—African Regional Intellectual Property Organization member states and South Africa pp. 177-184

Tobias Schonwetter

Unfair competition in MERCOSUR and the challenges of new technologies pp. 185-192

Milton Lucídio Leão Barcellos

Protection against unfair competition in the Andean Community—an analysis of recent trends and developments pp. 193-200

Rodrigo V Bermeo Andrade

Volume 19, issue 1, 2024

IP Dramatis Personae pp. 1-2

Anna Carboni

Alternative dispute resolution system for disputes arising from ‘.tr’ extended domain names in Türkiye pp. 3-6

Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and A Bengü Şen Gürakan

Does current legislation provide for adequate compensation in cases of unjustified preliminary injunctions? Originator–generic conflicts in the context of patent infringement proceedings pp. 7-17

Marco Stief and Anja Geller

Copyright, platforms and NFT digital collections: exploring the proper regulatory mode in China pp. 18-31

Tianxiang He and Huan Zhang

The treatment of electronic games copyright protection in Brazil: analysis of copyright law and software law application pp. 32-42

Douglas Aleixo Santos da Cruz, Jucimar Maia da Silva Junior, Silvia Regina Sampaio Freitas, Raimundo Correa de Oliveira and Ricardo da Silva Barboza

Dealing with AI-generated works: lessons from the CDPA section 9(3) pp. 43-54

Söğüt Atilla

AI v copyright: how could public interest theory shift the discourse? pp. 55-63

Artha Dermawan

Determination of FRAND royalty rates: an examination of prominent SEP cases pp. 64-75

Georgios Effraimidis, Dan Werner and Kristopher Boushie

A thematic enquiry into the contribution of the CJEU in the area of copyright pp. 76-77

Richard Arnold