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The IPKat team: arrivals, farewells, and news ift.tt/YUmjC6J

UPCKat: Proportionality defence against life sciences injunctions takes shape at the UPC ift.tt/NbpRPjc

[Guest post] AI Authorship: A Case of Old Wine and New Vessels? ift.tt/D4aXgIq

Claude 'can’t help falling in love with’… Elvis’s lyrics ift.tt/1BPSGvM

Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! ift.tt/GyazpK7

An eye for an eye constitutes bad faith ift.tt/Nr3hFku

EU General Court confirms that plant variety rights applicants must provide technical data to support requests to examine a new distinguishing characteristic ift.tt/n2zgTVo

[Book Review] Geographical Indications in International Trade ift.tt/3Fh9fwn

Patent Litigation Europe 2027 with IPKat readers’ discount and new speakers announced ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/1…

Tuesday Wonders ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/1…

Does a generative AI ‘remix’ infringe Canadian copyright law? ift.tt/wLnp43f

AI in the patent industry: Instant coffee copilot ift.tt/xKt7XZV

[Guest Book Review] IP Before IP ift.tt/ziX7whj

An ‘ordinary’ copyright case on the limits of fair use for non-generative AI-powered search engines ift.tt/K5YUrkl

Be careful what you wish for: Hamburg court holds Wish liable for trade mark infringement ift.tt/L2DOjRk

[Guest post] French court sides with Vuitton in unauthorized upcycling case ift.tt/2qycBRK

Plant variety rights enforcement continues to ramp up in China ift.tt/qQDVIJX

Post-published clinical data does not always save you (T 0251/25, Empagliflozin) ift.tt/Rk8czTh

[Guest Post] From photos to 3D replicas: can AI-generated copies infringe EU design rights? ift.tt/8QGWbOZ

Reformatio in peius survives a procedural violation (T 1168/24) ift.tt/XHVvReA