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28 Dec 2006, 4:05 pm
Same old Kat, but some new facesNow here's a surprise - the IPKat weblog team is about to grow. [read post]
21 Dec 2006, 6:39 am
The Kat thinks that's a cool term and he really looks forward to using it at the next Winterval office party he attends. [read post]
17 Dec 2006, 4:39 am
Some responses dealt with courses that aren't strictly speaking online LLM IP, but the Kat is including some information on them too because it's useful and relevant to the needs and interests of many readers of this blog.Right: distance learning - an opportunity for star pupils to shine academicallyIan Drew (Trade Mark Attorney, Davies Collison Cave, Australia) writes:"There is a course which is offered by the University of Technology Sydney which is a Diploma in Trade Mark… [read post]
14 Dec 2006, 3:05 am
Having no personal experience of any such courses himself, the Kat asks: if anyone reading this post knows of such a course and can recommend it, can he or she please email him here and let him know.2007 comes early for ETMRThe January 2007 issue of Sweet & Maxwell's monthly series, the European Trade Mark Reports, has now been published, nearly three weeks ahead of schedule. [read post]
11 Dec 2006, 3:31 pm
The Kat hasn't the faintest clue, and nor has Merpel. [read post]
10 Dec 2006, 9:54 pm
Bidding closes on Friday 15 December at 2pm GMT.Silent on software patentsCristian Miceli (Lawyers Against Software Patents), noting that the IPKat's note on the Gowers Review made no mention of its statement on software patents, has emailed to draw the Kat's attention to his thoughts on the report as far as software patents are concerned.The IPKat's note, inevitably, was always going to be superficial and highly selective, given that there was going to be an avalanche of… [read post]
9 Dec 2006, 12:23 pm
The IPKat knows how many people are on his email circular list and his site-counter tells him exactly how many hits the weblog receives (though there are quite likely more hits than hitters) - but he has no idea how many readers extract his posts through the use of RSS feeds.Right: curiosity is a characteristic of the kat. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 3:43 pm
In presenting his readers with this note the Kat apologises for omitting the names of the star characters in the case: the whole dispute was about what they could be called.Right: the IPKat says, if you're going to have a fling, it's best not to involve anyone elseIn this curious spat CC had an adulterous fling with AB's wife, conveniently known as N. [read post]
1 Dec 2006, 6:27 am
Details of the competition and the conference prize here.Left: the Kat sits in judgment - his decision is final.Finally, say the IPKat and Merpel - don't forget to have a lovely weekend ... [read post]
1 Dec 2006, 12:33 am
Lee describes it as being "actually quite good" and the Kat is inclined to agree. [read post]
24 Nov 2006, 6:00 am
Although the Kat has invited the people he knows about, he's sure there must be some more people involved in IP and whom he hasn't invited - either because he didn't know about them or because he missed them when trawling his database of contacts.Above, left: the IP editors and publishers; right: the Great GrizzlySince there are still a couple of places available, anyone who feels that he or she can "bear" to be there - or should at least invited - should email the… [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 3:45 am
Never a kat to prejudge the issue, the IPKat fancies OHIM to win this one [nb thanks are due to Trevor Cook, Bird & Bird, who spotted a monstrous error in the original version of this post which has since been rectified].Finally, and also on 14 December, the CFI gives judgment in Case T-81/03 Mast-Jägermeister AG v OHIM. [read post]
18 Nov 2006, 11:26 am
The Kat, who would never dream of using legal jargon when writing for sportmen, is equally reluctant to employ sports jargon when writing for lawyers. [read post]
17 Nov 2006, 7:05 am
Don't get into a flap about keeping abreast of the IPKat's blogging activities - you can receive every posting as it happens if you join the Kat's free email listing. [read post]
16 Nov 2006, 6:11 am
A charming, modest French reader (who wishes to remain known as such) now tells the Kat: "*Similarity of goods-the Court found that some "perfumery products" can also be used for personal hygienic purposes, just as the function of some « hygienic products" can be to clean, beautify and perfume the human body. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 2:55 pm
Kat has apoplexy over email releaseThe IPKat is in a state of acute distress over his receipt of a missive headed "Harbottles fights alleged Procul Harum organ transplant" from The Lawyer. [read post]
10 Nov 2006, 3:01 am
[IPKat note - I feel sooo ignorant when people keep using acronyms I don't know].In line with the WSIS Tunis Agenda - asking members to "deal effectively with the significant and growing problem posed by spam" and calling upon all stakeholders to adopt a multi-pronged approach to counter spam - the StopSpamAlliance pages link to initiatives in the field of anti-spam legislation and enforcement activities, consumer and business education, best practices, and international… [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 1:47 am
Merpel reminds us that the November/December must be on its way soon, if it's not out already, providing a pleasant alternative to the Christmas shopping catalogues that are already clogging the Kats' in-trays.TMR contact details here [read post]
7 Nov 2006, 12:05 am
Other eventful features in this issue include the IPKat's long-standing friend Barbara Cookson (Filemot), depicted (left) asking if there's a need to rewrite the law on the registrability of functional shape marks, a deliciously cheeky piece by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain's Andrew Hobson on "The Sir Hugh Laddie Medal for Parallel Importers" (the Kat won't spoil this one for you by telling you what it's about) and a comparison by Jamie Rowlands (Wragge… [read post]
2 Nov 2006, 1:30 am
Both Kats agree on one thing, though: the time and effort spent referring transit cases and exhaustion cases to the ECJ could have been saved if more time was invested in drafting answers to these totally predictable questions in the original Community legislation rather than leaving it to the court - mainly comprised of judges with little or no commercial and IP experience - to infer the answers from gappy law, pompous recitals and hopeful punts into the area where IP protection meets… [read post]
