Online gambling entrepreneur Samuel Stoffel is known for creating a matched betting platform called Outplayed, which he sold to Betconnect in 2024. However, Stoffel’s £10m ‘exit’ was far from clean. In 2025, ‘the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups
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Keeping up with Belgian Patent Litigation – mid-2025 – mid-2026
The BelgianKats are back with a mid-year reviewof Belgian patent litigation The emerging case law of the UPC has understandably drawn most of the attention in European patent litigation over the last years. National courts, however, remain central to the system.…
Tuesday Wonders
The IPKat brings you the latest IP news, events, and opportunities.IPKat news Katcall: Openings for GuestKats and InternKatsThe IPKat is seeking submissions for GuestKat and InternKat positions, as announced here. Those interested must submit their complete applications by Sunday, 4…
Some assembly required: The CJEU on balancing trade mark rights and freedom of expression in Inter IKEA Systems
Can a famous trade mark be used in a political campaign? Does freedom of expression constitute “due cause” for doing so? In its recent judgment in Inter IKEA Systems (C‑298/23), the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) addressed these…
Patent Litigation Europe returns to Amsterdam with IPKat readers’ discount
Kats of AmsterdamThe Katfriends at Kisaco Research wish to inform IPKat readers that their Patent Litigation Europe event is returning to the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam on 18-20 January 2027. The agenda is available here.As explained by the organizers,…
ERA’s ‘Shifting Borders in EU Industrial Property Law’ online conference returns with IPKat readers’ discount
Shifting borders, Kat-styleThe Katfriends at ERA in Trier are always busy preparing and running events covering the latest developments in the field of European Union law, including IP and industrial property law.And, speaking of industrial property law, the online conference…
More than a ‘box of flowers’, FLOWERBX is good enough for Posh Spice and not descriptive of florist-related goods and services
Do an online search for FLOWER BOX and you will likely stumble across two types of flower-related products: (1) a box for planting flowers sometimes referred to as a ‘planter box’; and (2) a gift box for flowers. While the…
[Book Review] Patent Claims: Interpretation, validity and infringement
This is a review of the book Patent Claims:
Interpretation, validity and infringement (Federation Press, 2025) by
David Brennan, a Visiting Fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Law Faculty.
This is a rare textbook that is worth reading…
[Guest post] Standard Essential Patent Litigation in Brazil: A Short Story of Sharp Practices
The IPKat has received and is
pleased to host this guest contribution from Katfriends Pedro Marcos Nunes
Barbosa (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Denis Borges Barbosa
Advogados) and Ryan Benjamin Abbott (University of Surrey; University of
California, Los…
G1/25: What are the consequences?
Following the release of G1/25, questions have been circling as to what the decision means for the pending referral in G 1/26 and what the consequences (good or bad) are for applicants and patentees. On G1/26, some of the questions…