Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Coming soon: CIPA and IPAG's Big Events

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Citius, Altius, Fortius ...  CIPA Congress: of turtles and early birds .  The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys' annual gathering ...
Monday, 26 August 2013

The BGH, Pippi Longstocking and a fancy dress

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Pippi (the TV character) on a German stamp  On appeal from the Higher Regional Court of Cologne , the German Federal Court of Justice (Bunde...

Report from US Government Accountability Office on patent litigation does not say much about NPEs

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As mentioned by blogmeister Jeremy recently, it can be hard to find an interesting IP topic during the month of August. With very few c...
Sunday, 25 August 2013

Questionable Trade Marks: Squeezing Blood from the USPTO?

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A Katfriend has sent the IP Kat a tip about a US-based law firm that specializes in debt collections.   That firm, Cook Collections Attorney...
Friday, 23 August 2013

Yet more on Unified Patent Court plans - Delight and Disappointment

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Coming back from holidays is always a time for maximum feline grumpiness, so the IPKat was in no mood to see more mis- and disinformation ab...

Friday fantasies

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Patently Absurd revisited.   First, a big thank-you to all who took the trouble to post comments on Zoe Birtle's  guest review  of this ...
Thursday, 22 August 2013

Good news: speedypats die as Government listens

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Speediest isn't always best Back in April, this Kat expressed his concern (note for readers, 'concern' is a typically British u...