When asked in polite company what this Kat does for a living, he tries his best to explain what IP is all about. Not infrequently, there is a retort at some point by the interlocutor about the exotic nature of IP practice. Contrast that with a discuss…

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Here’s just a quick note on Monday’s US Supreme Court ruling in Costco Wholesale Corp v Omega SA, which ended in a 4-4 draw (Justice Kagan sat this one out).  The IPKat is hugely impressed with the commendable brevity of the Court’s ruling (h…

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