IPKat
| IPKat | |
|---|---|
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| Web address | http://www.ipkat.com |
| Commercial? | No |
Type of site | Weblog |
| Registration | No |
| Created by | Jeremy Phillips, Ilanah Simon Fhima[1] |
| Launched | 2003[1] |
IPKat is a law blog founded in June 2003, and dedicated to intellectual property law (IP).[1][2] In 2008, it was reported as being "one of the best-known and most successful of all law blogs".[1]
The content comprises news of recent judicial rulings, decisions of patent and trade mark granting authorities, primary and secondary legislation, practice and procedural notes and recent publications, together with comments.
A feature of the blog is the expression of opinions through the often contrasting observations made by two fictional cats, the IPKat himself and his female companion Merpel. A third feline, the AmeriKat, analyses IP developments in the U.S.[3]
The contributors to the IPKat weblog are Jeremy Phillips, Birgit Clark, Mark Schweizer, Annsley Merelle Ward (a.k.a. "the AmeriKat"),[2] and Neil J. Wilkof.[4] Johanna Gibson stepped down in January 2009,[5] as did David Pearce in February 2011.[6]
In July 2005, IPKat was named in Managing Intellectual Property magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in the IP world.[7] Jeremy Phillips, founder of IPKat, launched the Managing Intellectual Property magazine and sold it to Euromoney Publications in 1991.[8] In August 2008, IPKat was voted top of the 'IT law and governance' category in Computer Weekly magazine's 2008 IT blog awards.[9]
In January 2010, the United States Library of Congress selected the IPKat for inclusion in its historic collections of Internet materials related to Legal Blawgs.[10] In December 2010, IPKat was selected as one of the American Bar Association's Top 100 Legal Blawgs.[11][12]
IPKat is a registered Community Trade Mark (Registered Number: 008150286).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Alex Newson, Deryck Houghton, Justin Patten, Blogging and other social media: exploiting the technology and protecting the enterprise, Gower Publishing, Ltd., 2008, ISBN 0-566-08789-8, p. 6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IPKat web page. Consulted on March 24, 2007.
- ↑ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2009/06/letter-from-amerikat.html, "Letter from AmeriKat", 23 June 2009. Consulted on 5 March 2010
- ↑ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2010/03/monday-miscellany_08.html, "Monday Miscellany", 8 March 2010. Consulted on 9, March 2010
- ↑ A little blog news, IPKat, January 14, 2009. Consulted on January 17, 2009
- ↑ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2011/02/wednesday-whimsies_16.html, IPKat, February 16, 2011. Consulted on February 16, 2011.
- ↑ Managing Intellectual Property, IP's most important figures MIP July 2005, July/August 2005.
- ↑ jeremyphillips.blogspot.com, Welcome!. Consulted on March 24, 2007.
- ↑ Rebecca Froley, IT law and governance blogs: Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards, April 30, 2008. Consulted on September 7, 2008.
- ↑ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2010/01/monday-miscellany_11.html, "Monday Miscellany",11 January 2010. Consulted on 5 March 2010
- ↑ http://www.abajournal.com/blawg100/2010/iplaw, IPKat. Consulted on February 16, 2011.
- ↑ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2010/12/wednesday-whimsies.html, IPKat, 1 December 2010. Consulted on February 16, 2011.