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Friday flappings

A couple of welcome snippets from Tom Cowling (partner, Swan Turton): the first is an item from The Register concerning a US blogger who w...
- Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday flappings Friday flappings Reviewed by Jeremy on Friday, November 30, 2007 Rating: 5

INTA brochure now available

The online brochure for the International Trademark Association's 130th Annual Meeting in Berlin, Germany, is now available here . The ...
- Thursday, November 29, 2007
INTA brochure now available INTA brochure now available Reviewed by Jeremy on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Rating: 5

What ales the patent system?

Like most other intellectual property journals , the Oxford University Press monthly Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice ( JIP...
- Thursday, November 29, 2007
What ales the patent system? What ales the patent system? Reviewed by Jeremy on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Rating: 5
AG advises ECJ to reject OBELIX appeal AG advises ECJ to reject OBELIX appeal Reviewed by Jeremy on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Rating: 5

New UK Patents Rules 2007

The IPKat was musing only last week on where the proposed new UK patents rules had got to, after they were announced by the UK-IPO earlier...
- Wednesday, November 28, 2007
New UK Patents Rules 2007 New UK Patents Rules 2007 Reviewed by David Pearce on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Rating: 5
SpamArrest leaves bitter taste for Hormel SpamArrest leaves bitter taste for Hormel Reviewed by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Rating: 5
"What consumers want, what they really, really want ..." "What consumers want, what they really, really want ..." Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Rating: 5
One man's mark is another's descriptive appendage; What VITA FIT really says One man's mark is another's descriptive appendage; What VITA FIT really says Reviewed by Jeremy on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Rating: 5
New UKIPO image search gets a road-test; You can't put a patent application "on hold" New UKIPO image search gets a road-test; You can't put a patent application "on hold" Reviewed by Jeremy on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Rating: 5
Chinese internet cafe copyright case Chinese internet cafe copyright case Reviewed by Anonymous on Monday, November 26, 2007 Rating: 5

More recent periodicals

The November/December issue of LexisNexis Butterworths' Intellectual Property and Technology Cases contains full headnoted texts of just...
- Monday, November 26, 2007
More recent periodicals More recent periodicals Reviewed by Jeremy on Monday, November 26, 2007 Rating: 5
The photos may be appealing, but the prospect of litigation isn't The photos may be appealing, but the prospect of litigation isn't Reviewed by Jeremy on Monday, November 26, 2007 Rating: 5
Software patents at the High Court Software patents at the High Court Reviewed by David Pearce on Monday, November 26, 2007 Rating: 5

Recent periodicals

The December 2007 issue of Sweet & Maxwell's monthly European Trade Mark Reports is now out. It's pretty fat, but much of the we...
- Sunday, November 25, 2007
Recent periodicals Recent periodicals Reviewed by Jeremy on Sunday, November 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Triumph of Style over substance?

Last Wednesday, 21 November, Mr Justice Norris gave a ruling in the Chancery Division (England and Wales) in UK Channel Management Ltd v E! ...
- Saturday, November 24, 2007
Triumph of Style over substance? Triumph of Style over substance? Reviewed by Jeremy on Saturday, November 24, 2007 Rating: 5

Friday flashes

To sign the SpicyIP online petition to put pressure on the Indian government to create a modern patent database and to make patent office...
- Friday, November 23, 2007
Friday flashes Friday flashes Reviewed by Jeremy on Friday, November 23, 2007 Rating: 5

One-Click lives again

The infamous Amazon "One-Click" patent, which has been going through re-examination in the US thanks to the efforts of determined ...
- Friday, November 23, 2007
One-Click lives again One-Click lives again Reviewed by David Pearce on Friday, November 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Quick fix for Kitfix

A novel and unprecedented issue arose in an England and Wales Chancery Division case before Mr Justice Mann earlier this week, Kitfix Swall...
- Friday, November 23, 2007
Quick fix for Kitfix Quick fix for Kitfix Reviewed by Jeremy on Friday, November 23, 2007 Rating: 5
Louis Vuitton, the dogged pursuit of parody and Britney Spears Louis Vuitton, the dogged pursuit of parody and Britney Spears Reviewed by Jeremy on Friday, November 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Is Tarragona substantial?

A potentially delicate reference of a trade mark law question from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil 3 de Barcelona was made to the Court of Just...
- Thursday, November 22, 2007
Is Tarragona substantial? Is Tarragona substantial? Reviewed by Jeremy on Thursday, November 22, 2007 Rating: 5
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