It is time to vote for your favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards!
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The IPKat team continues to read and review as many brilliant IP books as possible, of which there are many, for the Kat community. But there can be only one winner (per category) of this prestigious prize, so vote wisely.
As always, readers can vote for books in five categories: Patents, Copyright (including related rights and performers’ rights), Trade Marks (including Geographical Indications), Designs and Intellectual Property (any book that covers more than one type of IP).
This annual occasion, now in its sixth year, allows the IPKat community to celebrate and congratulate those who have contributed to the IP literature. You can check out the previous nominees and winners here.
How to Vote
Each year, as well as receiving many genuine votes, we sadly also receive a lot of spam and repeated voting. Therefore, to attempt discouraging the repeated voting we have seen in previous years, the voting process has been modified. This year you can vote by sending an email which must include your name and a link to verify who you are (to avoid use of multiple email addresses – we have thought of everything!). This can be a link to your work profile, LinkedIn or other social media page.
Rules of Voting
Only ONE vote per person.
Person must be verified in email with link
The book must have been published in 2023
Votes must be made via email 20yearsofIPKat@gmail.com before 15th January 2024
Template email submission
For ease, readers can copy and paste the following template email:
Hello,
Here are my votes for the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023. My name is [enter your name] and a link to social media or work profile is here [add link]
1 Patent: [add Title, Author(s) / Editor(s)]
2 Copyright: [add Title, Author(s) / Editor(s)]
3 Trade Mark: [add Title, Author(s) / Editor(s)]
4 Design: [add Title, Author(s) / Editor(s)]
5 Intellectual Property: [add Title, Author(s) / Editor(s)]
Thanks, and happy voting!!
Reviewed by Hayleigh Bosher
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Friday, December 01, 2023
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