IPKat
Launched in 2003 as a teaching aid for Intellectual Property Law students in London, the IPKat’s weblog has become a popular source of material, comment and amusement. IPKat covers copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
The IPKat team is Neil J. Wilkof, Annsley Merelle Ward, Darren Smyth, Nicola Searle, Eleonora Rosati, Merpel and David Brophy.
The IPKat team is Neil J. Wilkof, Annsley Merelle Ward, Darren Smyth, Nicola Searle, Eleonora Rosati, Merpel and David Brophy.
Articles by This Author
On Reselling Digital Property
Is it legal to resell ebooks like paper books? Technological advances like blockchain may fill the gaps where legislators and courts struggle to make decisions.
Uber Is Not an Information Service
Per Advocate General Szpunar of the Court of Justice of the EU, Uber will have to submit to national transport regulations because it supplies more than information.
Italian Court Finds YouTube Liable for Not Removing Unlicensed Content
The Turin Court of First Instance partly accepted Delta TV's request for damages for copyright infringement.
Streaming Hurts Cable… and ESPN Sports Coverage
The Disney-owned sports media business has cut expensive stars to offset a fall in revenues as customers turn away from cable networks.
EU Court Rules Unlawful to Sell Streaming Boxes with Piracy Add-Ons
The Filmspeler decision has wide implications for the prevention of unauthorized streaming of copyright content.
Telstra Tech Secrets Made Public by Legal Fight Despite Risk of Cyber ‘Miscreants’
The Aussie telco's sloppy handling of patent information led the court to dismiss the application to keep it from the public.
6 UK ISPs Ordered to ‘Live Block’ Pirate Football Internet Streaming TV
The English Premier League won the right to tell BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin to block specific servers during matches.
Czech Pirate Party Beats Anti-Piracy Union in Fight Over TV Links
The Czech Anti-Piracy Union lost on a technicality, allowing the pirates to claim a symbolic victory.
EU Proposes New Comms Privacy Regulation
The ePrivacy Regulation is meant to update privacy rules for electronic comms, addressing issues raised by OTT services and the IoT.
Swedish Supreme Court Rules Sports Broadcasts Not Protected by Copyright
Telcos increasingly make money by exploiting exclusive rights to sports. Is the law on their side?
Linking to Unlicensed Content: Copyright Infringement or Not?
A Swedish court was the first one to apply an important recent decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
How Even Pokémon Go Infringes Copyright…
Sharing a photograph of a building or statue can be a copyright infringement, even if it is in the background... and a Pokémon is standing in front of it.
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