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IPKat is here with your update on the news and events in the world of IP!  First, a question to readers...In connection with comparative research for an upcoming publication, an IPKat reader is keen to hear from members of the IPKat community on how Article 131(1) EUTM,  regarding the seeking of provisional measures in relation to the enforcement of European Union trademarks (and corresponding art. 90(1) CDR) have been applied in various local jurisdictions. In particular, he is interested in decisions or literature holding that “non-EU trade mark courts” or “non-Community Design courts” have jurisdiction to grant such provisional measures.  Please  reply here . Events and Conferences First, a date change for the highly anticipated event hosted by the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) at UCL this autumn:  Pregabalin: Where stand plausibility, Swiss-form claims, late amendment and more?  In view of the expected publication date of the Supreme Cour...

The AmeriKat has been noticeably whiskers down in her day job over the past few months .  But now, with the frenzy of a new Court term still several weeks away, she has taken the relatively quiet opportunity to review the much awaited publication of the EU IPO's report entitled " The Baseline of Trade Secrets Litigation in the EU ".  This report was commissioned by the EU IPO in order to prepare the future report that will assess what impact the EU Trade Secrets Directive has had (see previous Kat posts here ).  That report is to be published before 9 June 2021 (just think, 2021...what might be in store for us   then?). The AmeriKat's whiskers now alert to the EUIPO's Baseline Trade Secrets Study The 436-page report covers all 28 Member States and addresses how each jurisdiction deals with definitional issues, scope of protection, sources of law, enforcement (contractual, tortious, criminal, equitable, etc) and cross border issues relating to trade secrets (confid...