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IPKat covers "copyright, patent, trademark and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly U.K. and European perspective."
Author: The authors are Johanna Gibson, David Pearce, Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Simon, who work in the field of intellectual property.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Patent Law • International Courts/Tribunals • International • Europe
Recent Posts from IPKat
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Browsers and oversights: Google recants on its Chrome terms
The IPKat hasn't yet ventured from the homely comfort of his Microsoft Explorer in order to sample the untold pleasures of Chrome, the new Google-owned internet browser that has taken the world by surprise.…
- An "OK" is ok with the EPO
- A new wiki experiment/manifesto
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Comptrollers' opinions -- and the Kats'
Under UK patent law it is possible for an interested party to pay a modest sum of money and receive, in return, a non-binding but potentially influential opinion from the Comptroller as to whether a…
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World day against software patents
24 September 2008 will be the fifth anniversary of the first reading in the European parliament of the highly amended and ultimately ill-fated EC directive on computer-implemented inventions. The directive, as regular IPKat readers will…
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Zipher/Markem patent saga continues
The names of Zipher and Markem are not unknown to readers of this weblog (see earlier posts here, here and here ), and the IPKat is sad to welcome them back today, following another outing…
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Latest JIPLP
The September 2008 issue of Oxford University Press's flagship IP journal, the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP), has now hit the streets (the online version has, as usual, been available well in…
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Suck it and see
The IPKat has been musing on an interesting piece currently distributed on BrandChannel and which emanates from internet branding consultancy Fairwinds Partners. Called "The Power of Internet Gripe Sites: Managing the Destructive Potential of 'BrandSucks.com'",…
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As summer fades away ...
If you've been away all summer, or at least the most recent bit of it, welcome back to harsh reality. With all these rumours of recession in the air, we know that the world's economy…
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More recent books reviewed
Always an enthusiast for IP as it is affected by real trade issues, the IPKat was unashamedly excited at the prospect of getting his paws on the TRIPS Regime of Antitrust and Undisclosed Information, by…