Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice

2021 - 2025

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

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Volume 17, issue 12, 2022

Copyright exceptions for AI training data—will there be an international level playing field? pp. 973-974: Jan Bernd Nordemann and Jonathan Pukas
CJEU clarifies that destruction of goods may be claimed irrespective of infringement type pp. 975-977: Jan Jacobi Email:
Litigating in a jurisdiction that does not recognize the concept of disclosure—The German Federal Supreme Court clarifies the rules on document production pp. 977-980: Anette Gärtner and Michael Plagge
Kenya mandatory IPR recordal: an innovative measure with an uncertain future pp. 981-987: Marius Schneider and Nora Ho Tu Nam
A role for the UK courts in a new world of UPC litigation? pp. 988-992: Matthew Raynor
What is a significant departure from the norm? Assessing the inherent distinctiveness of 3D shape marks pp. 993-1010: Ilanah Fhima
Reconceptualizing the interface of copyright and design rights for 3D printing pp. 1011-1022: Jia Wang
Prosecution of copyright infringements as a criminal offence in Slovakia pp. 1023-1031: Laura Bachňáková Rózenfeldová

Volume 17, issue 11, 2022

Archival authenticity and intellectual property law pp. 891-895: Felicia Caponigri
Europe’s Human Rights Court rules for the first time on a breach of a copyright holder’s right to property in a private dispute pp. 896-898: Elena Izyumenko
From West to East: Mercosur and Singapore agree on FTA pp. 898-902: Suelen Carls and Mohamed Amal
Protection of intellectual property rights during the Mobile World Congress pp. 902-904: Montiano Monteagudo Monedero, and Javier García Pérez,
A practical guide to filing domain name complaints pp. 905-914: Willem Leppink and Michelle Roosma
A structured analysis of the implementation of Articles 18–23 of the Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market into Swedish law pp. 915-923: Silvia A Carretta and Wendela Hårdemark
Hosting the public domain into a minefield: the resistance to art. 14 of the DSM Directive and to the related rules that transpose it into national law pp. 924-939: Cristiana Sappa
COVID-19 vaccines, patents and an IP waiver pp. 940-945: Rob J Aerts
Four times FRAND: an analysis of recent judgments from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and France, and lessons for the upcoming UPC system pp. 946-961: Patricia Cappuyns and Narmeen Al Ganim
Provisional measures and the risk of patent invalidity—Phoenix Contact and the German approach to interlocutory injunctions pp. 962-971: Martin Stierle

Volume 17, issue 10, 2022

When academics help shape IP law: the case of designs pp. 789-790: Anastasiia Kyrylenko
Ferrari and the level of intellectual abstraction in design law pp. 791-800: Henning Hartwig
How much does it cost to protect your IPRs? Or consistency of different rates of IP state fees with National Treatment and Most Favoured Nation Principles pp. 801-810: Irina Kireeva
Ketian v Hitachi: China’s first compulsory licence? pp. 811-822: Pat Treacy and Iva Gobac
Repatriation of ancient Benin bronzes to Nigeria: reflection on copyright and related issues pp. 823-833: Desmond O Oriakhogba
The Swakopmund Protocol for the protection of expressions of folklore: a review of implementation in Rwanda and Tanzania pp. 834-843: Jovine Costantine
Preservation of video games and their role as cultural heritage pp. 844-856: István Harkai
A critical examination of the patent enforcement landscape in India pp. 857-870: Mathews P George
Staple commercial product pp. 871-877: Fülürya Yusufoglu Bilgin
Claim construction: an international convergence in striking the balance between patent protection and legal certainty pp. 878-888: Stefano Incarbone

Volume 17, issue 9, 2022

Does ‘transformative’ fair use eviscerate the author’s exclusive right to ‘transform’ her work? pp. 687-689: Jane C Ginsburg
Think different: small is not beautiful! pp. 690-692: Stefan Martin
Poland’s challenge to Article 17 CDSM Directive fails before the CJEU, but Member States must implement fundamental rights safeguards pp. 693-695: Bernd Justin Jütte
The recent amendment to the Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003 of Sri Lanka pp. 695-699: Wathsala Ravihari Samaranayake
Coarse judgment: patent for abrasive material invalidated on the grounds of ‘undue burden’ pp. 699-703: Janet Strath
How does the public perceive music copyright law? A content analysis of YouTube videos on the Flame v Perry ‘Dark Horse’ case pp. 704-726: Ann C Luk
When Irish AIs are smiling: could Ireland’s legislative approach be a model for resolving AI authorship for EU member states? pp. 727-740: Barry Scannell
The implementation of Article 15 of the DSM Directive in Croatia: a gold-plating provision pp. 741-747: Branka Marušić
Geographical indications in the era of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) pp. 748-760: Titilayo Adebola
Uncovering trade secrets in China: an empirical study of civil litigation from 2010 to 2020 pp. 761-774: Jyh-An Lee, Jingwen Liu and Haifeng Huang
China’s intellectual property regime in light of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership pp. 775-786: Chao Wang

Volume 17, issue 8, 2022

Technology and national security: what’s IP got to with it? pp. 601-602: Chijioke Okorie
No reliance on the Paris Convention or TRIPS Agreement for well-known trade marks in Nigeria pp. 603-604: Marius Schneider and Nora Ho Tu Nam
Chinese court rules on NFT transactions and responsibility of trading platforms pp. 604-606: Xiao Baiyang
Petitions for review of the European Patent Office (EPO) appeal board decisions by the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal. Part V: ‘Confidence’ in the European Patent Office (EPO) Petition for Review procedure under Article 112a of the European Patent Convention (EPC) pp. 607-612: Julian Cockbain
Intellectual property in quantum computing and market power: a theoretical discussion and empirical analysis pp. 613-628: Mauritz Kop, Mateo Aboy and Timo Minssen
Do the experimental use and bolar exemptions also apply in contributory patent infringement cases? pp. 629-639: Marco Stief and Tobias Matschke
Patent licensing strategy for stakeholders entering the Internet of Things (IoT) pp. 640-649: Carolina Torres-Sarmiento and Tarcila Matos
Product packaging as a trade mark—an English and German perspective pp. 650-658: Luxmi Rajanayagam and David Linke
The ‘trade-mark-law-and-innovation’ trap: why it would be wise to conceptualize innovation outside the realms of dilution protection pp. 659-673: Luminita Olteanu
Teleological interpretation of Article 63 TRIPS based on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and customary international law—analysis of the EU’s request for information on China’s SEP cases pp. 674-684: Seiya S Takeuchi

Volume 17, issue 7, 2022

Adapt or lose: the changing face of young lawyers’ employment pp. 541-542: Marius Schneider
A family of trade marks—stronger together pp. 543-544: John Peter Neophytou
Sheeran succeeds in ‘Shape of You’ music copyright infringement claim pp. 544-546: Hayleigh Bosher
US Supreme Court rules that unintentional mistakes of law, like mistakes of fact, may be considered under the copyright registration safe harbour provision pp. 546-548: Charles R Macedo, Chester Rothstein, David P Goldberg and Alice Lee
War of the wardrobes: General Court finds registered design lacking individual character on the basis of a disclosed earlier design pp. 548-550: Janet Strath
Image rights in the digital universe pp. 551-558: Frederick Mostert and Sheyna Cruz
A thousand faces of the average consumer: towards a more empirically grounded approach to the infringement test? pp. 559-567: Yang Xiao
Notes on the transposition in Italy of the principle of ‘appropriate and proportionate remuneration’ with reference to the film and audiovisual sector pp. 568-574: Elisa Vittone and Sasha Dalia Manzo
Red soles, a marketplace and the categories of trade mark liability: Louboutin v Amazon before the CJEU pp. 575-585: Ansgar Ohly
(Don’t fear) the reaper—the uneasy case for trade mark stakeholders pp. 586-599: Kobi Barkan
The answers are all within pp. 600-600: Douglas Campbell Qc

Volume 17, issue 6, 2022

Does size matter? The press publishers’ right and the implementation of the ‘very short extracts’ limitation pp. 473-474: Tito Rendas
Nap judgment: why parties involved in parallel EPO proceedings should inform the Patents Court about scheduling issues pp. 475-477: Janet Strath
Round-up of European enforcement case law 2021 pp. 478-486: Carina Gommers, Willem Leppink and Marius Schneider
Round-up of China trade mark law and practice in 2021 pp. 487-490: Michele Ferrante
Round-up of IP decisions and legislative reforms in Africa 2021 pp. 491-502: Chijioke Okorie, Ekene Chuks-Okeke, Marius Schneider and Nora Ho Tu Nam
Round-up of English patent litigation 2021 pp. 503-512: Trevor Cook
The nature, patentability and value of patents for computer-implemented business method inventions in the UK and Canada pp. 513-525: Lindsey Wareham
Consequences of the CJEU’s Bayer v Richter decision pp. 526-539: Winfried Tilmann

Volume 17, issue 5, 2022

The DSM Directive 3 years on: have we found our digital single market yet? pp. 397-398: Eleonora Rosati
Scientific TDM exception and communication to the public: did Italians do it better … or at least not worse? pp. 399-406: Bernardo Calabrese
Bulgaria falls into all the traps set by Article 5 of the CDSM Directive pp. 407-413: Ana Lazarova
Press publishers’ right in France: a tale of Odyssean gods pp. 414-420: Zyad Loutfi
The new Italian press publishers’ right: creative, fairness-oriented… and invalid? pp. 421-428: Caterina Sganga and Magali Contardi
The Polish transposition of the press publishers’ right: waiting for the miracle? pp. 429-436: Michalina Kowala
The Finnish transposition of Article 17 of Directive 2019/790: progress or regress? pp. 437-442: Samuli Melart
The Italian implementation of Article 17 of Directive 2019/790: complaints, appeals and the new powers of AGCOM pp. 443-449: Simona Lavagnini
Spanish transposition of Arts. 15 and 17 of the DSM Directive: overview of selected issues pp. 450-456: Miquel Peguera
The transposition of the transparency obligation pursuant to Article 19 Directive (EU) 790/2019: an Italian perspective pp. 457-464: Ludovico Bossi and Jacopo Ciani Sciolla
Something old, something new: Czech transposition of disputes under the DSM Directive pp. 465-472: Jelizaveta Juřičková

Volume 17, issue 4, 2022

The EU’s WTO complaint against China can only be resolved by establishing legally enforceable global arbitration of SEP disputes pp. 329-331: Richard Arnold
EU General Court considers the importance of trade mark specification: one product, one category (unless it’s a composite product) pp. 332-333: Agnieszka Sztoldman
The protection of Harmont & Blaine’s dachshund in a recent decision of the Milan Court of First Instance pp. 333-335: Luca Grippiotti
Acquiescence or national rules of limitation? Polish Supreme Court addresses time limit for pursuing EUTM’s continuous infringement pp. 336-338: Agnieszka Sztoldman
PYRAMAX™ opposition proceedings: disrupting 20 years old practices of the Pakistan Trade Marks Registry pp. 339-349: Zarina Iqbal, Naeema Sadaf and Zafar Iqbal
Round-up of non-traditional EU trade mark decisions in 2021 pp. 350-361: Gordon Humphreys, Nedim Malovic and Stefan Martin
Round-up of US copyright developments 2021 pp. 362-366: Charles R Macedo, David P Goldberg and Thomas Hart
Can the English Patents Court award a cross-border preliminary injunction? pp. 367-375: Paul England
Artificial intelligence and inventorship: patently much ado in the computer program pp. 376-386: Pheh Hoon Lim and Phoebe Li
Excessive or abusive reliance on measures, procedures and remedies under Directive 2004/48/EC—the issue of ‘trolls’ in the IP enforcement framework in light of Case C-597/19 Mircom pp. 387-396: Amandine Léonard

Volume 17, issue 3, 2022

Meta-Worse, a lawyer’s mega paradise pp. 211-212: Frederick Mostert and Wei Ting Yeoh
Revocation of PepsiCo India’s rights over Lay’s potato variety pp. 213-214: Saurav Ghimire
A new copyright law in the UAE pp. 214-216: Saleh Al-Sharieh
Do the ‘conventional’ grounds for refusal also apply to EU certification marks? The Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO says yes pp. 216-218: Axel Paul Ringelhann
Round-up of European Union trade marks 2021 pp. 219-232: Arnaud Folliard-Monguiral and David Rogers
Round-up of national copyright decisions 2021 pp. 233-259: The Bird & Bird IP Team
Round-up of fashion-related IP decisions 2021 pp. 260-296: The Bird & Bird IP Team
Plausibility through the lens of neuroscience pp. 297-302: Markus Ackermann
Cannabis, corona and the latest morality developments in European trade mark law pp. 303-307: Berdien van der Donk
Intellectual property as a cornerstone of the world economy: enhancing or restricting trade within the European Union’s external trade policy? pp. 308-320: Liam Sunner
Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: copyright and patents—a response by the CREATe Centre to the UK Intellectual Property Office’s open consultation pp. 321-326: Martin Kretschmer, Bartolomeo Meletti and Luis H Porangaba

Volume 17, issue 2, 2022

Defining ‘trade mark use’ in EU law: we should ask more questions to the Court of Justice pp. 79-80: Michal Bohaczewski
Chinese court rules for the first time that it has jurisdiction over SEP global licensing disputes pp. 81-82: Yan Jin and Chao Wang
New USPTO rules introduce significant changes in US trade mark practice pp. 83-91: Bruce A McDonald
Efficacy of the ‘Best-Seller Clause’ in Article 20 DSM Directive—game changer or just a bone thrown at authors? A German perspective pp. 92-96: Lukas Schwope
The development of PVP in China: challenges and trends pp. 97-106: Yufeng Ding and Junling Zhao
Evaluation of EU legislation on design protection pp. 107-113: Henning Hartwig
Forced technology transfer performance requirement in international investment agreements—a Chinese perspective pp. 114-131: Qian Yin
Non-traditional trade marks in the European Union and Japan: is there an inflating trade mark balloon? pp. 132-148: Elnur Karimov
Methodologies for assigning damages in copyright litigation involving value-destroying copying pp. 149-163: Eric K Clemons and Stina Teilmann-Lock
One small step for ‘artificial intelligence’ and a giant leap for the Australian patent system? The Federal Court decision in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents pp. 164-178: Adam Liberman
The proposal for waiver of WTO’s TRIPS Agreement to prevent, contain and treat COVID-19: investigating the benefits and challenges for low- and middle-income countries pp. 179-192: Sanath Wijesinghe, Chaminya Adikari and Ruwanthika Ariyaratna
Rights beyond the registration: from black and white to grey pp. 193-198: Joshua Marshall
The problem-solution approach revisited pp. 199-209: Martin Müller

Volume 17, issue 1, 2022

Consumers online: the empirical link between influencers and the purchase of counterfeits pp. 1-2: Eleonora Rosati
Chinese High People’s Court ruling sheds light on the protection of non-conventional works pp. 3-4: Yanmin Quan and Xiaohao Zhang
Royalty rate determination in patent infringement cases: the USA and China compared pp. 14-21: Bashayer Almajed and Bashar Malkawi
The German transposition of Article 17 of the Copyright DSM Directive and its ‘presumed legal use’: incompatible with EU law or a model for balancing fundamental rights in the age of upload filters? pp. 22-26: Finn J Hümmer
Lack of distinctiveness or reputation of the earlier trade mark at the filing date of the later trade mark: on Articles 8 and 18 of Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436 pp. 27-34: Michal Bohaczewski
The Hungarian and German constitutional courts refused the ratification of the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. What’s next? pp. 35-44: Katalin Gombos and Endre Orbán
The legislative evolution of copyright in the late Ottoman Empire pp. 45-53: Hasan Kadir Yilmaztekin
Are copyright-permitted uses ‘exceptions’, ‘limitations’ or ‘user rights’? The special case of Article 17 CDSM Directive pp. 54-64: Tito Rendas
Civil enforcement of geographical indications in Europe pp. 65-70: Ana Rački Marinković
Functional claims and free beer pp. 71-78: Paul England

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