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The team is Eleonora Rosati, Annsley Merelle Ward and Merpel. E-mail the Kats here!

The team is joined by GuestKats Söğüt Atilla, Oliver Fairhurst, Claire Gregg, Georgia Jenkins and Marcel Pemsel.

SpecialKats: Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo (TechieKat), Rose Hughes (PatKat) and Jocelyn Bosse (Book Review Editor).

InternKats: Wissam Bentazar, Simone Lorenzi and Kliment Markov.

Never mind the golden rabbits, what about the Golden Balls?

Readers will recall a recent report on this weblog concerning the battle faced by London-based small business operators Gus and Inez Bodu...

Jeremy - Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Never mind the golden rabbits, what about the Golden Balls?

Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Rating: 5

New German court to try chocolate rabbit disputes

While felines usually take pride of place on this weblog , and indeed most other places when the chance is there, it must be concluded that ...

Jeremy - Monday, July 19, 2010

New German court to try chocolate rabbit disputes

Reviewed by Jeremy on Monday, July 19, 2010 Rating: 5

SABIP

Before anyone else excitedly emails the IPKat to tell him , let him announce on this weblog of record that the new UK Business Secretary Vin...

Jeremy - Monday, July 19, 2010

SABIP

Reviewed by Jeremy on Monday, July 19, 2010 Rating: 5

This bunny (litigation) never dies

The dispute between Lindt and their competitor Riegelein in Germany goes in the n-th round after the Bundesgerichtshof just overturned a d...

Mark Schweizer - Monday, July 19, 2010

This bunny (litigation) never dies

Reviewed by Mark Schweizer on Monday, July 19, 2010 Rating: 5

Monday miscellany

Around the blogs . There are still three days to vote in the "What content do you want to read in the PatLit weblog?" poll. Cli...

Jeremy - Monday, July 19, 2010

Monday miscellany

Reviewed by Jeremy on Monday, July 19, 2010 Rating: 5

Letter from AmeriKat II: Bilski, Baby (Justice Stevens - American Patent Law)

The birth of American Patent Law During the Constitutional Convention ( picture, left ) in 1787, the Founders gave Congress a patent power ...

Annsley Merelle Ward - Sunday, July 18, 2010

Letter from AmeriKat II: Bilski, Baby (Justice Stevens - American Patent Law) Letter from AmeriKat II: Bilski, Baby (Justice Stevens - American Patent Law)

Reviewed by Annsley Merelle Ward on Sunday, July 18, 2010 Rating: 5

Letter from AmeriKat I: Bilski, Baby! (Justice Stevens -On the Majority's musings and UK patent law)

A couple of weeks ago, the AmeriKat wrote about Justice Kennedy's majority opinion in the much-awaited Supreme Court case of Bilski v Ka...

Annsley Merelle Ward - Sunday, July 18, 2010

Letter from AmeriKat I: Bilski, Baby! (Justice Stevens -On the Majority's musings and UK patent law) Letter from AmeriKat I: Bilski, Baby! (Justice Stevens -On the Majority's musings and UK patent law)

Reviewed by Annsley Merelle Ward on Sunday, July 18, 2010 Rating: 5

EPO: English version of notice concerning communications under amended Rule 161 EPC

The European Patent Office has issued today an English version of its notice of 29 June 2010 (previously available only in German) concernin...

Mark Schweizer - Friday, July 16, 2010

EPO: English version of notice concerning communications under amended Rule 161 EPC

Reviewed by Mark Schweizer on Friday, July 16, 2010 Rating: 5

Friday fantasies

Friday -- not just the name of one of the characters in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, but a time to reflect on the future. To aid thi...

Jeremy - Friday, July 16, 2010

Friday fantasies

Reviewed by Jeremy on Friday, July 16, 2010 Rating: 5

Some culinary IP news....

Some culinary IP news.... First from Sweden: Swedish online publication " The Local " reports that Lindahls dairy in Jönköping, S...

Birgit Clark - Thursday, July 15, 2010

Some culinary IP news....

Reviewed by Birgit Clark on Thursday, July 15, 2010 Rating: 5

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