Intellectual Property News Roundup 17. Bringing you the best from the web.

Good news for Kilkenny, Ireland: the patent attorneys are
coming! The Kilkenny
Advertiser announces that the Irish minister for Research and Innovation
has brought in the EPO’s Patent Information Conference from October 18 – 20
this year.

Apple is getting increasingly territorial, raising eyebrows
left and right by claiming such inventions as the touch screen as its own. Who
knew?! Now, in addition to Samsung and Motorola, HTC is getting pulled in, too.
F&A are wondering what the effects will be on the patent jobs market… at
this rate Apple must be in dire need for more patent attorneys and lawyers to
deal with all of this litigating! Get the latest on the mobile phone wars
financial implications on the Financial
Times website.

In trademarks, this classic
underdog story on news-press.com caught our eye. Although we love fast food
just as much as the next recruitment consultant, we can’t help rooting for the
crab shack to win this one!