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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, 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.

AIPPI Congress Report 5: Antitrust and Pharma - seeking a balance

The IPKat expertly balancing on the patent law and competition law tightrope If you are like the AmeriKat and are thinking back to simpl...

Annsley Merelle Ward - Tuesday, November 29, 2016

AIPPI Congress Report 5: Antitrust and Pharma - seeking a balance AIPPI Congress Report 5: Antitrust and Pharma - seeking a balance

Reviewed by Annsley Merelle Ward on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Rating: 5

When the Rolling Stones visited 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago

This Kat feels sorry for all those music kittens who are simply too young to have experienced the formative years of contemporary music, b...

Neil Wilkof - Tuesday, November 29, 2016

When the Rolling Stones visited 2120 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago

Reviewed by Neil Wilkof on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Rating: 5

No measure of success in passing off cup case

The get-up - exterior There are several means of measuring cooking ingredients, ranging from old school scales to measuring cups. Sinc...

Rosie Burbidge - Tuesday, November 29, 2016

No measure of success in passing off cup case

Reviewed by Rosie Burbidge on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Rating: 5

BREAKING NEWS: UK signals green light to Unified Patent Court Agreement

It is very difficult making predictions, especially about the future. This Kat, if you had asked him last week, would have suggested that ...

Darren Smyth - Monday, November 28, 2016

BREAKING NEWS: UK signals green light to Unified Patent Court Agreement

Reviewed by Darren Smyth on Monday, November 28, 2016 Rating: 5

Book Review: Copyright Beyond Law

This Kat was very excited when she heard about "Copyright Beyond Law: Regulating Creativity in the Graffiti Subculture" by Marta...

Nicola Searle - Monday, November 28, 2016

Book Review: Copyright Beyond Law

Reviewed by Nicola Searle on Monday, November 28, 2016 Rating: 5

Mr Justice Carr's decision in Victoria Plumb is about Adwords (honest)

Would a reasonably attentive internet user be able to identify the difference between the two? Adwords. Remember them? About five y...

Annsley Merelle Ward - Monday, November 28, 2016

Mr Justice Carr's decision in Victoria Plumb is about Adwords (honest)

Reviewed by Annsley Merelle Ward on Monday, November 28, 2016 Rating: 5

Sunday Surprises

The IPKat tops the list of the most popular copyright law blogs of all time, according to Justia Blawgsearch . Congratulations to our co...

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo - Sunday, November 27, 2016

Sunday Surprises

Reviewed by Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo on Sunday, November 27, 2016 Rating: 5

EU law forbids the resale of non-original tangible copies of computer programmes

Southampton law student Stephen Barratt Last month the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its decisi...

Eleonora Rosati - Sunday, November 27, 2016

EU law forbids the resale of non-original tangible copies of computer programmes

Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati on Sunday, November 27, 2016 Rating: 5

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* PermaKat Eleonora Rosati listed as one of the Managing Intellectual Property magazine's "Fifty Most Influential People" of 2018.

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