Friday Fantasies

There are only 115 days and 10 hours until Christmas! On this last day of the summer holiday, IPKat purrs with excitement to present its rea...

Book Review: "Anti-Counterfeiting: Practice and Procedure"

This Kat is pleased to put her paws on Anti-Counterfeiting: Practice and Procedure , written by Ralph Wehrle, a solicitor with over 25 years...

‘Perma.cc’: is the fight against "link rot" copyright compliant?

From news outlets to academic writing, publishing online is now part of the mainstream amongst publishers. It is relatively inexpensive, ins...

US Copyright Office Review Board denies UEFA copyright protection over Starball logo

Although the World Cup is over, this Kat can’t keep his mind off thinking about MORE football … or soccer (as Americans call it). In 2016, t...

Want to be an IP judge?

Have you ever criticized or commended a decision of a judge?  Did you ever say over drinks to your colleagues, "That decision made no ...

Milan court issues dynamic blocking injunction against Italian ISPs

Does a blocking injunction against an intermediary only concern the domain names indicated in the relevant order or can it be also considere...

Birss J excuses Chugai from tocilizumab royalties in UCB "validity tie breaker"

It's August.  The Friday before a Bank Holiday weekend.  So surely, Mr Justice Birss is not handing down a meaty patent judgment today? ...

Katy Perry sued for copyright infringement, is Marcus Grey the Dark Horse?

Following this Kat's post on the Ed Sheeran copyright infringement case relating to the song "Shape of You" ( here ), she came...