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The original manuscript of The Diary of Anne FrankA few days ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in Anne Frank, C-788/24, a referral from the Netherlands concerning the right of communication to the public under Article 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive and liability for the online publication of a work – The Diary of Anne Frank – partly protec...

This week’s Saturday Sundries rounds up upcoming IP events, fresh filing data from EUIPO and WIPO, an academic opportunity in Sweden, IP training courses, and a reminder of the IPKat’s guest post and AI policies. You can also keep up to date with the latest events at the IPKat Events page.EventsCIPA Congress 2026 The theme of CIPA Congress 2026 is "Durable Strategy, Enduring Va...

It's the season for extending the duration of plant variety rights (PVR) protection, apparently. After South Africa and Canada's recent amendments to increase the duration of protection (see IPKat here and here), the trend has now arrived in Japan and New Zealand.Japan's revised lawImage by Javiermirapeidro from Pixabay.The amendments in Japan are the most radical. Yesterday, th...

Just as the EU finalised its regulation on new genomic techniques and left the "patent ban" debate behind [Merpel: for now, at least] (see IPKat here and here for summaries of the EU developments), a bill was introduced this week in the House of Representatives that seeks to bring a "patent ban" for plant inventions into US law. The proposed Fair Seeds for Fa...

A Kat with a difficult choice aheadPhoto by Sandro Moser on UnsplashAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave other countries some critical feedback on their copyright policy in his speech, ‘AI in Australia’s Interests’, last Wednesday, and reflected that: ‘No country has gotten it right’. Only last year, Australia set AI copyright debates aflame by making the supposedly c...