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SpecialKats: Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo (TechieKat), Antonios Baris (Book Review Editor), Rose Hughes (PatKat) and Chijioke Okorie (Africa Correspondent).

InternKats: Asude Sena Moya and Söğüt Atilla.

MORE SEEDY DEALINGS IN IRAQ

The IPKat has heard once again from his friend Michael Harman on the effects of IP protection in Iraq (see blog of 24 August ). Michael writ...
- Wednesday, August 31, 2005
MORE SEEDY DEALINGS IN IRAQ MORE SEEDY DEALINGS IN IRAQ Reviewed by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Rating: 5

WHO'S TOP OF THE IPR POPS?

The UK Patent Office has released its facts and figures for the previous year. More details will follow, but first a little sport – the IPK...
- Wednesday, August 31, 2005
WHO'S TOP OF THE IPR POPS? WHO'S TOP OF THE IPR POPS? Reviewed by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Rating: 5
GOOD NEWS FROM IRAQ; BAD NEWS FOR SKIM-READERS GOOD NEWS FROM IRAQ; BAD NEWS FOR SKIM-READERS Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Rating: 5
PATENTS - DOES THE UK HOLD THE KEY? PATENTS - DOES THE UK HOLD THE KEY? Reviewed by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Rating: 5

NEXT WEEK IN THE ECJ

The ECJ returns from its summer holidays next week. Amongst the gems to be heard by the suntanned judges are: The Advocate General’s opinio...
- Tuesday, August 30, 2005
NEXT WEEK IN THE ECJ NEXT WEEK IN THE ECJ Reviewed by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Rating: 5
A GOOD READ, A MILLION BUCKS AND AN ILL WIND A GOOD READ, A MILLION BUCKS AND AN ILL WIND Reviewed by Jeremy on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Rating: 5

NEW IPR OFFICE FOR INDIA

The IPKat is thrilled to learn of India's first integrated Intellectual Property Rights Office, inaugurated today by Commerce Minister K...
- Monday, August 29, 2005
NEW IPR OFFICE FOR INDIA NEW IPR OFFICE FOR INDIA Reviewed by Jeremy on Monday, August 29, 2005 Rating: 5
GUNS 'N' ROSES GUNNING FOR EACH OTHER GUNS 'N' ROSES GUNNING FOR EACH OTHER Reviewed by Anonymous on Monday, August 29, 2005 Rating: 5

UNIVERSITY DEAL WITH NAPSTER

The IPKat has read on The Register about the steps taken at the University of Washington to bring Napster to the students who live at its h...
- Sunday, August 28, 2005
UNIVERSITY DEAL WITH NAPSTER UNIVERSITY DEAL WITH NAPSTER Reviewed by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 Rating: 5

SUNNY SUNDAY OFFERINGS

1 Apology The IPKat apologises for the somewhat strange and spasmodic nature of its blogs over the past few days. The Blogger software was p...
- Sunday, August 28, 2005
SUNNY SUNDAY OFFERINGS SUNNY SUNDAY OFFERINGS Reviewed by Jeremy on Sunday, August 28, 2005 Rating: 5
IPKAT INVENTION OF THE WEEK: HAMSTER POWER IPKAT INVENTION OF THE WEEK: HAMSTER POWER Reviewed by Jeremy on Friday, August 26, 2005 Rating: 5

CALLING ALL GEEKS

BoingBoing reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is calling for techie-types with an interest in civil liberties to join its list...
- Friday, August 26, 2005
CALLING ALL GEEKS CALLING ALL GEEKS Reviewed by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 Rating: 5

AUTUMN EXCITEMENT

The Patent Office informs interested parties of 3 current hot topics: The WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is conside...
- Friday, August 26, 2005
AUTUMN EXCITEMENT AUTUMN EXCITEMENT Reviewed by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 Rating: 5

IPI SURVEY - HAVE YOUR SAY

A group from the full time MBA course at the Tanaka Business School , Imperial College London are conducting a consulting project with the I...
- Friday, August 26, 2005
IPI SURVEY - HAVE YOUR SAY IPI SURVEY - HAVE YOUR SAY Reviewed by Anonymous on Friday, August 26, 2005 Rating: 5

IPKAT EATS HUMBLE PIE

Earlier this week the IPKat said that John Lambert was the first barrister in the UK to author an IP blog. Turns out the IPKat was wrong by ...
- Thursday, August 25, 2005
IPKAT EATS HUMBLE PIE IPKAT EATS HUMBLE PIE Reviewed by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 Rating: 5
FAKE VIAGRA DEALERS FIND IT REALLY STINGS FAKE VIAGRA DEALERS FIND IT REALLY STINGS Reviewed by Jeremy on Thursday, August 25, 2005 Rating: 5
NEW UK IP BLOG - THIS TIME A BARRISTER SPEAKS NEW UK IP BLOG - THIS TIME A BARRISTER SPEAKS Reviewed by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 Rating: 5

IP: A POLITICIAN'S VIEW

The IPKat received this from Chartered patent agent Michael Harman : You may be interested in an article in The Times (12 August, page 19) b...
- Wednesday, August 24, 2005
IP: A POLITICIAN'S VIEW IP: A POLITICIAN'S VIEW Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Rating: 5
PRIVACY SHOCK FOR US PATENT RECLAIMANTS PRIVACY SHOCK FOR US PATENT RECLAIMANTS Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Rating: 5

GOOD LUCK!

The IPKat says G O O D L U C K to all his readers who are University of London LLM students sitting the Industrial and Intellectual Pro...
- Wednesday, August 24, 2005
GOOD LUCK! GOOD LUCK! Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Rating: 5
LOCAL ASSIGNMENT OF TRADE MARKS: CAN YOU HELP? LOCAL ASSIGNMENT OF TRADE MARKS: CAN YOU HELP? Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Rating: 5

A BIT OF LIGHT READING

The IPKat has been provided with a copy of the Patents County Court’s recent design decision in Woodhouse v Aquilla and Urbis by both Michae...
- Wednesday, August 24, 2005
A BIT OF LIGHT READING A BIT OF LIGHT READING Reviewed by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Rating: 5

TUESDAY'S TOPICS

1 EEK! it's another ECC The most recent issue of Sweet & Maxwell's bimonthly law report series , the European Commercial Cases ,...
- Tuesday, August 23, 2005
TUESDAY'S TOPICS TUESDAY'S TOPICS Reviewed by Jeremy on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Rating: 5

NEW IT/IP BLOG

The IPKat has come across a new IP/IT blog. Naked Law is written by 6 members of Cambridge law firm Mills & Reeve’s Technology Team. It...
- Tuesday, August 23, 2005
NEW IT/IP BLOG NEW IT/IP BLOG Reviewed by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Rating: 5
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER - CIFUENTES BETTER LATE THAN NEVER - CIFUENTES Reviewed by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Rating: 5
QUAINT FRENCH CUSTOMS; A TIME TO READ; A TIME TO WRITE QUAINT FRENCH CUSTOMS; A TIME TO READ; A TIME TO WRITE Reviewed by Jeremy on Monday, August 22, 2005 Rating: 5
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