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"Don't pass it on ...": have the French got it right or wrong? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
"We'd better open them first, just to make sure ..." Reading one of his favourite IP weblogs, Mark Anderson's IP Draughts, this Kat was both intrigued and startled by one of the items on Mark's recen...
Coming soon: CIPA and IPAG's Big Events 27 Aug 2013 | 02:53 pm
Citius, Altius, Fortius ... CIPA Congress: of turtles and early birds. The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys' annual gathering of the clan, the CIPA Congress 2013, takes place on 3 and 4 Octo....
The BGH, Pippi Longstocking and a fancy dress 27 Aug 2013 | 04:03 am
Pippi (the TV character) on a German stamp On appeal from the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, or short: BGH) recently decided that third pa....
Report from US Government Accountability Office on patent litigation does not say much about NPEs 26 Aug 2013 | 03:35 pm
0 false 21 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false As mentioned by blogmeister Jeremy recently, it can be hard to find an interesting IP topic during the month of August. With very few court decis...
Questionable Trade Marks: Squeezing Blood from the USPTO? 25 Aug 2013 | 02:12 pm
A Katfriend has sent the IP Kat a tip about a US-based law firm that specializes in debt collections. That firm, Cook Collections Attorneys, uses the mark squeezebloodfromturnip.com, a reference, pre....
Yet more on Unified Patent Court plans - Delight and Disappointment 23 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
Coming back from holidays is always a time for maximum feline grumpiness, so the IPKat was in no mood to see more mis- and disinformation about the Unitary Patent coming from apparently official sourc...
Friday fantasies 23 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
Patently Absurd revisited. First, a big thank-you to all who took the trouble to post comments on Zoe Birtle's guest review of this week's BBC radio broadcast. Secondly, here's news of an update: Zoe...
Good news: speedypats die as Government listens 23 Aug 2013 | 03:28 am
Speediest isn't always best Back in April, this Kat expressed his concern (note for readers, 'concern' is a typically British understatement for 'anxiety bordering on panic') that the UK Intellectual...
Do 3D shape marks have a future in the European trade mark system? 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
The first 3D cat Given the popularity of 3D comics to 3D movies and printers today, consumers have marvelled at the possibility to see and create images beyond their 2D representation. By contrast, i...
"Patently Absurd": a brief review 23 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Never mind trolls, how about a patent trolley for Kats ... Hearing that the BBC was broadcasting a radio programme on Tuesday night with the title "Patently Absurd", this Kat's whiskers started to tw...
