Auctioning Art(ificial Intelligence): The IP implications of Edmond de Belamy

The IPKat has had his portrait painted by the AmeriKat - raising another issue of non-human authorship/ownership In the AmeriKat's free ...

ChIPs London Event: Take your seat at the bench - An evening with the IP/Tech Judges

Hot on the heels of the ChIPs Global Summit in D.C. a couple of weeks ago (more reports to come), is news of the London Chapter's next e...

Much Ado About FRAND: What you need to know about today's Court of Appeal Unwired Planet decision

The Court of Appeal bats around global FRAND rates Following this morning's Court of Appeal hand down, patent litigators across the UK ...

Court of Appeal reaffirms UK as SEP litigation hotspot in upholding Birss J in Unwired Planet

How surprised were you about the Court of Appeal's decision? For those of you who haven't been eagerly awaiting today's decision...

ChIPs Global Summit Report 1: Politics and Technology - When D.C. met Silicon Valley

Add caption The AmeriKat was back in Washington D.C. at the ChIPs Global Summit this week for three days of sessions on technology, law and...

UK Court of Appeal will deliver Unwired Planet v Huawei decision on 23 October 2018

The AmeriKat reading the  Court of Appeal judgment The AmeriKat frequently prowls the Daily Cause List ( the list of scheduled hearings and ...

AIPPI Congress Report 4: A balancing act - copyright versus other rights

The AIPPI Congress started in earnest on Monday morning.  Although many were already lamenting the cruelty of those who decided to hold an I...

AIPPI Congress Report 3: Hot topics in IP

The final morning of the AIPPI Congress in Cancun was hot, the Caribbean air having whipped up a thick humidity that turned the AmeriKat...