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The 201 st edition of Never Too Late is here to bring you up to speed on the latest and greatest of the IPKat world! Today’s highlights include no-deal Brexit analysis, event reports, copyright in fireworks, logos and even football trophies! And for Kat’s sake – what is ‘Fiverrization’?! IPR Melting Pot The UK Government has issued a number of technical notices relating to IPR’s in a no-Brexit scenario. In UK copyright in a no-deal Brexit scenario: what will happen? , Kat Eleonora Rosati reviews Copyright if there’s no Brexit deal . GuestKat Rosie Burbidge sheds light onto the exhaustion of rights ( No deal Brexit - what does it mean for exhaustion of rights? ), patents ( No deal Brexit - what will happen to patents - particularly SPCs and the UPC? ), and registered Community designs and trade marks ( No deal Brexit - what does it mean for registered Community designs and trade marks ). GuestKat Mathilde Pavis provides her insights about a new phenomenon/business model-- ‘Fiverrizatio...

The AIPPI Congress started in earnest on Monday morning.  Although many were already lamenting the cruelty of those who decided to hold an IP conference on a beach resort, it was not enough to pull them away from the start of the panel sessions.  One of the most popular was the copyright session on the balancing exercise between copyright and other rights.  First time attendee (and the UK Group's prize winner), Sarah Blair ( Bristows LLP ) was at the helm ready to report on the session for the IPKat.  Sarah reports as follows: The AmeriKat's fleeting Sunday night view " Jan Bernd Nordemann ( Boehmert & Boehmert ) chaired a panel session to discuss the means by which copyright laws in different jurisdictions seek to achieve balance between copyright and other rights and interests. Irely Aquique ( Mexican Institute of IP ) spoke about the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property’s (IMPI) approach to this issue (for which she is the Director of IP Enforcement)....

The final morning of the AIPPI Congress in Cancun was hot, the Caribbean air having whipped up a thick humidity that turned the AmeriKat's mane into lion proportions.  So it was fitting that there a panel session dedicated to Hot Topics in IP.  Dr Catherine Bonner ( Chapman IP ) was on hand to summarize what the next big things in IP will be.  No surprise that one of them included Brexit.  Over to Catherine for her report: The AmeriKat's view over the Caribbean waters "At the AIPPI Congress in Cancun the weather is hot, at 30°C and 71% humidity, and the IP Panel Sessions are the same. Wednesday morning’s Briefing; ‘Hot topics in IP’ excellently chaired by Eryck Castillo gave a summary of six burning issues in the World of IP.  1.  First up to the plate, with the "Implications of Brexit for IP" was Mr Justice Henry Carr ( UK High Court )     A tough topic and, as Carr J himself acknowledged, one that back in his days at the Bar he would have ...

Before lunch yesterday, attendees were treated to a session on the protection and potential remedies that may be available for patents before issue and after expiry.  With Steve Garland ( Smart & Biggar) at the helm, the AmeriKat summarizes the four key points coming from the session as follows:  Views from the pre-grant and post-expiry remedies session 1.  Use Italian preliminary measures to weaponize an early injunction threat with a pre-grant injunction.    Judge Marina Tavassi  (President of the Milan Court of Appeal) explained that in Italy there is a tradition of patentees seeking and obtaining pre-grant injunctions on the basis of their published, but not granted, patent applications.  It was explained that this tool was available in recognition and to counterbalance the length of the ultimate substantive patent proceedings. Judge Tavassi noted that the patent trials in Italy are speeding up, particularly because, she said, Italy enjoys sp...