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27 Sep 2011, 1:28 pm
It seems quite a long time ago that this Kat confidently described intellectual property as the most recession-proof area of legal practice and, while he's sure he's right in principle, he can't say hand-on-heart that the facts are always as correct as the theory they're supposed to support. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 12:18 pm
Another speaker who long ago won this Kat's admiration for his sheer brilliance was Brinkhof's Richard Ebbink. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 8:59 am
Well, it has now and you can read it here, thanks to a tip-off from one of the Kat's most observant friends. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 6:08 am
The prospect of being given a bad credit rating should encourage prompt payment".This Kat, who has at times been infuriated by the difficulty of raising credit even though he is the proud possessor of a perfect credit rating that stretches back into the mists of antiquity, would hate this fate to happen to him, but he wonders whether it would have the desired effect. [read post]
24 Sep 2011, 2:03 pm
Be that as it may, I like to think that, as a reader, this Kat is unequivocally in favour of supporting the content-creating industry. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 6:12 am
While some folk may maintain that the occasionally irreverent and sometimes humorous comments made by a pair of fictional Kats do not deserve to be taken seriously, this blog urges readers not to confuse the medium with the message. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 2:35 am
[while this is expressed as a general principle, the Kat thinks that, in practice, it will become a narrow exception].This IPKat team member is going to give this some further thought to this ruling and test it out a bit over a refreshing pint of Badger when the opportunity arises. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 2:09 pm
n kat? [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 8:18 am
Members of this support group, including Thea Schmidt (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP), Ana Rosa Blue (WorksafeBC), Gillian Crabtree (Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP), and Tracey McLean, Alex McNeur, and Kat Siddle (all of Courthouse Libraries BC), continue to advise on the BCLD’s ongoing digital direction, and help ensure it remains a comprehensive and relevant research tool. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 1:20 am
The hearing comes up soon and the Kat thinks he might just try his luck again ...]. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 4:24 am
(photo: Gillo, who belongs to Eleonora Rosati) With apologies for the delay, this backlogged Kat has finally managed to revert to a subject which continues to be of concern to many readers and which was also discussed in one of the workshop sessions at last week's MARQUES conference -- what can or should be done about unpaid costs orders? [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 12:39 am
The Kat wishes both Bart and Martin all the best. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 12:27 am
The German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) had initially (and in this Kat's view rather not surprisingly) refused registration of the mark as being contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 6:25 am
Many of the IPKat's beloved readers will be in or journeying to Baveno, Italy for this year's annual MARQUES conference (Kat Jeremy is currently stalking the Italian venue.) [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 4:30 am
Ten cars entered the event—bearing names like Widowmaker, Doom, Kat Dog, Family Tradition, Trailer Park Bandit, and (crowd favorite) Christine. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 2:46 pm
New and improved plant varieties are pivotal [This Kat has never seen a plant variety pivot at all, though he has read all about Triffids] in ensuring better yields and adaptability to changing climatic and environmental conditions, thereby contributing to long-term food security. [read post]
11 Sep 2011, 4:18 pm
The court nonetheless stressed that use of a mark in a domain name as such may be sufficient for constituting genuine use - just not in this case because the public would consider the use of the word Zappa as a general descriptive reference and would not understand it as a reference to the trade mark owner.For an in-depth analysis of this case, this Kat recommends Guido Westkamp’s current intelligence note published in JIPLP: “Personality trade marks and their limits: Frank… [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 8:57 am
The Kat thanks his friend Ronan Deazley for the nudge and Aurelia J. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 1:37 pm
This Kat has been unable to find any comprehensive listing of all the countries that do have foreign filing restrictions or licence requirements, and perhaps more useful, a "whitelist" of the very many countries that have no such restrictions. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 1:40 am
"This Kat was profoundly impressed by this work, or at least by the bits he could easily understand -- since he is primarily an IP lawyer and reading private intellectual law is, for him, a bit like reading a foreign language. [read post]
