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4 Mar 2010, 7:59 am
The Kat -- who looks forward to bringing more news once it becomes available --understands that there will be a press briefing with David Lammy, Minister of State for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, not to mention David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and TrademarkOffice (USPTO). [read post]
9 May 2012, 9:39 am
Posting under difficult circumstances at the INTA Meeting in Washington DC, this Kat hasn't had a chance to read the judgment closely and comment on it, never mind provide illustrations. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 1:01 am
They have been quick to commission a new review of IP [the Hargreaves Review, on which see the Kats' comments here], which Prime Minister David Cameron announced along with his intention of creating a ‘silicon valley of East London’. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 3:03 pm
More generally, this Kat wonders how many companies are busily creating large portfolios of Golem-like IP rights--impressive in their size and scope, but ultimately ineffectual in serving the company's competitive interests. [read post]
28 Mar 2010, 3:54 pm
The AmeriKat spent her weekend lovingly reading the almost 200 pages of their motions to glean idea of whether this battle is looking likely to be determined prior to a full hearing - although not a betting Kat, it seems highly unlikely given the fervour of finger-pointing raised in these filings. [read post]
8 Jul 2009, 2:53 am
"Main findings and policy conclusionsThe inquiry has contributed significantly to the debate on European policy for pharmaceuticals, in particular for generic medicines.On the basis of a sample of medicines that faced loss of exclusivity in the period 2000 to 2007 in 17 Member States, the inquiry found that citizens waited more than seven months after patent expiry for cheaper generic medicines, costing them 20% in extra spending [the Kat bets these figures will come in for some… [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 5:06 am
The fee includes four nights' full board and lodging, all meals and "a range of fun evening activities" [the Kat assumes this must mean nocturnal blogging ...], including punting on the River Cam, a quiz night and a barbecue. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 12:00 am
M&A, Joint Ventures and IPOs, Kat McCabe, Black Duck, Nigel Swycher, Olswang Swycher, a corporate lawyer, spoke about the implications of FOSS for M&A, joint ventures and IPOs. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 6:06 am
The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union gave his Opinion this morning and the Kat thinks he might be sniffing at something with some degree of IP significance, since the words "copyright", "information", "right of personality" and "reputation" crop up. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 2:31 pm
Says the IPKat: "While I personally prefer the UK's practice, I can see justification for both positions -- and being a very tidy-minded Kat I think it's a good idea to have a 'one-way-fits-all-offices solution even it's not my favoured one. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 3:50 am
A cultured Kat, the IPKat explains that "White Rose" is an allusion to the symbol of Yorkshire, the county in which Leeds is situated. [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 3:59 am
However, it is not known whether the ECJ will agree when it gives its decision (which the Kat expects some time early next year).Report on the ECJ's hearing herePress release on today's Opinion hereEarly reports on the Advocate General's Opinion by Stephanie Bodoni (Bloomberg) here, from The Financial Times/Reuters here and The Wall Street Journal hereGoogle AdWords service. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 9:40 pm
” Maxine Horn, CEO of Creative Barcode, has kindly accepted the Kat's invitation to explain: "The shortest answer is that Creative Barcode and Creative Commons they are complementary. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 12:18 pm
(picture, left - with no time for a Kat nap for this kitten, the AmeriKat rests her chin one of her stacks of papers)BackgroundThe four year epic patent infringement battle between Canadian software company, i4i, and Microsoft, involved i4i’s US Patent No 5.787, 449 (“449 Patent”) which related to markup languages and Extensible Markup Language (“XML”) used in electronic documents. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 5:14 am
Let the Kat explain. [read post]
24 Nov 2011, 7:23 am
Accordingly, the Court’s reply is that EU law precludes an injunction made against an internet service provider requiring it to install a system for filtering all electronic communications passing via its services which applies indiscriminately to all its customers, as a preventive measure, exclusively at its expense, and for an unlimited period".In this Kat's post on this case in the 1709 Blog (here), he observed that the careful way in which the Court of Justice phrased… [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 2:47 pm
This Kat understands that the two photos were being offered for sale in the UK for £10,000 by the Splash News picture agency and that approximately 10 British and Irish newspapers expressed an interest in buying them for their online and print editions. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 4:01 am
Barbara Becker, formerly married to tennis champion Boris Becker, applied to register her name as a Community word mark for a variety of goods in Class 9 (including, notes the amused Kat, automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers and calculating machines). [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 9:02 pm
Health Care Without Harm HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance Hempstead Project Heart Illinois Stewardship Alliance Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Iowa Environmental Council Iowa Interfaith Power & Light Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Kansas Black Farmers Association Kansas Rural Center Land Loss… [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 4:52 am
Jacques Derrida: outof favour with the PatentsCourt, England & Wales Last week, when posting a masterly instant piece on Generics (t/a Mylan) v Yeda and Teva [2012] EWHC 1848 (Pat), the IPKat's respected friend and former guest Kat Darren Smyth (EIP) dangled the prospect of a further report on the content of Mr Justice Arnold's mammoth decision. [read post]
