IP on a plate: the Cumberland Sausageis not a thing to be trifled with ...Winter 2015 is a great time for 10th anniversaries in the intellectual property world. Not all such anniversaries are marked, though. It's ten years since the European Commission announced its intention to organise a major reform of EU copyright law [a job it has since abandoned to the Court of Justice, says Merpel]. It's also a full decade since the sausage-makers of Cumberland banded together and commenced their campaign to seek protected geographical indication status for the Cumberland Sausage. But some landmarks are definitely commemorated. The Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (JIPLP), which this blogger currently edits, is holding a special event to commemorate the passage of a decade since its launch. A week later Premier Cercle holds the 10th Edition of its annual IP Summit, which takes place on 3 and 4 December in the Hilton Berlin [or the…
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