IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2022 winners announced!

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2022! Here are the nominees and winners:

Best Patent Law Book

The nominations were:

Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future? By Michael Andreas Kock 

Once Upon a Time, The Patent: Understanding the past, present and future of protecting inventions by Pascal Attali

Patent Law, Green Technology and Innovation, by Ankit Singh, Yogendra Srivastava

A Practitioner's Guide to European Patent Law, For National Practice and the Unified Patent Court, second edition by Paul England

Roughton, Johnson and Cook on Patents, Fifth Edition by Ashley Roughton, Phillip Johnson, and Trevor Cook

Fragmentation and the European Patent System by Karen Walsh

And the winner is: 

Once Upon a Time, The Patent: Understanding the past, present and future of protecting inventions by Pascal Attali

Best Copyright Law Book

The nominations were:

Booksellers' bill 1774 legislating in the 18th century: A view from sir Henry Cavendish's parliamentary diary by Phillip Johnson

Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value: Incorporating the Author, by Professor Kathy Bowrey

International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, by Sam Ricketson and Jane Ginsburg

The winner is:

International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, by Sam Ricketson and Jane Ginsburg

Best book on Trade Mark Law

The nominations were:

Geographical Indication Protection in India: The Evolving Paradigm, edited by Niharika Sahoo Bhattacharya 

The winner is: 

Geographical Indication Protection in India: The Evolving Paradigm, edited by Niharika Sahoo Bhattacharya 

Best Book on Design Law

The nominations were: 

History of Design and Design Law: An International and Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Tsukasa Aso, Christoph Rademacher and Jonathan Dobinson

And the Winner is: 

History of Design and Design Law: An International and Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Tsukasa Aso, Christoph Rademacher and Jonathan Dobinson

Intellectual Property Law Book of the Year

The nominations were:

Intellectual Property Excesses: Exploring the Boundaries of IP Protection, edited by Enrico Bonadio and Aislinn O’Connell 

Intellectual Property Objectives in International Investment Agreements by Pratyush Nath Upreti

Boundaries of Information Property, edited by Christine Godt, Geertrui Van Overwalle, Lucie Guibault, Deryck Beyleveld

Intellectual Property Licensing and Transactions: Theory and Practice, by Jorge L. Contreras

Tritton on Intellectual Property in Europe, edited by Richard Davis, Thomas St Quintin and Guy Tritton

And the Winner is: 

Intellectual Property Objectives in International Investment Agreements by Pratyush Nath Upreti

Congratulations to all those nominated and this year's winners! We look forward to reading and reviewing more IP books in 2023!

Please note: Some nominations do not appear in the list above, exclusions were made for example for not being a book about IP Law, or not being published in 2022. Votes for books that were nominated in the wrong category (e.g. a trade mark book nominated in the copyright category) were counted towards the book in the relevant category. Votes made by the same person numerous times were only counted once - as per the rules!