For the half-year to 30 June 2013, the IPKat's regular team is supplemented by contributions from guest bloggers Stefano Barazza, Matthias Lamping and Jeff John Roberts.

Two of our regular Kats are currently on blogging sabbaticals. They are Birgit Clark and Catherine Lee.

For your delectation

Forthcoming Events


Distance learning courses

Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in UK, EU and US Copyright Law 2013-2014, brought to your doorstep by a bevy of copyright scholars from King's College, London.  This course commences on 1 October 2013.  Further details of the course, and registration, are accessible here.


Computer and Communications Law: here's a grand opportunity to gain an LLM, PgDip [Merpel wants to know if that's pronounced "pig dip"?] or Certificate in Computer and Communications Law from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, one of the UK’s leading law schools. As is only right and proper, privileged persons who read the IPKat weblog are entitled to claim a 10% discount on their registration fee if they quote the VIP Katcode FKW12277IPK when booking.  Further details of the course, and registration, are accessible here.



2013

4 June 2013: Trade Mark Conference 2013, organised by Sweet & Maxwell Professional and hosted in London's very pleasant Holborn Bars. Details -- including discounts for early birds, CIPA and ITMA members -- here.

4 and 5 June 2013: World Creators Summit, Washington D.C. Details available here. IPKat team member Eleonora will be there. What about you?

7 June 2013: CIPA/ITMA seminar on the UK's new Intellectual Property Bill, as first mentioned on Class 99 here. Check CIPA or ITMA websites for further details. A modest registration fee will be charged.

8 June 2013: ORGCon2013, a festival of fun from the Open Rights Group with workshops, panels and talks. Venue: Institute of Engineering and Technology, London. Click here for programme, and here for further details and registration.

11 June 2013: "The role of experts & scientific advisors in Patent Litigation in the EU". The venue is UCL's, Faculty of Laws Building, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1. Click here for details.

12 June 2013: IPKat 10th Birthday Celebration seminar. Click here for the joyous details!


14 June 2013: "EU Competition Law Workshop 3/1013", Brussels. Organised by ERA, this workshop tackles new kinds of abuse under Article 102 TFEU -- and they're all to do with IP!  More information available here.

19 to 22 June 2013: "The Jury is Out", ECTA Conference in Bucharest, Romania.  Details available here.


9 July 2013: ITMA Summer Reception. Rub shoulders with the UK's trade mark attorneys and their friends for two enjoyable hours, in the splendid surroundings of the Stationers' Hall, London. Enjoy a relaxing drink; admire the seclusion of the secret garden. You won't regret it for a moment.  Click here for further details and registration.

18 July 2013: "Intellectual Property and the Digital Entertainment Industry", organised by CLT. Venue: Central London. Click here for further details.

5 to 9 August 2013: IBC's 16th IT Law Summer School 2013, Downing College, Cambridge. There's a special VIP Code for IPKat readers who want to claim a 10% registration fee discount: just quote FKW82359IPK when booking here.

19 to 23 August 2013: IBC 13th Annual Intellectual Property Summer School, held once again in the beautiful surroundings of Downing College, Cambridge.  IPKat readers can click here to get their 20% registration discount -- but don't forget to quote the special VIP Katcode FKW82373IPKBP. 

3 and 4 October 2013: CIPA Congress 2013. London, of course.  This will be one hell of an enjoyable event once IPKat team blogger Jeremy has finished with it ...

2 to 5 October 2013:  Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG) Autumn Conference, Vienna. Further details to be announced.

10 and 11 November 2013, AIPPI, Israel chapter: International IP conference, Tel Aviv, Israel. further details to be announced.

2014

10 to 14 May 2014: INTA 136th Annual Meeting, Hong Kong. Details will be made available from the INTA website nearer the time.

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