Following the announcemet of the nominations and winners of the 2019 IPKat book of the year awards here, Camrbidge University Press have kindly offered to provide IPKat readers with a discount on their titles that were included.

Each of the following winning and nominated titles are now available for IPKat readers to purchase with a 20% discount using IPKAT2020. The code should be applied at the checkout when buying the above books from the Cambridge.org website. Please enjoy this discount until 30 April 2020.

Thank you to those readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards. Here are the nominees and winners -

The winner is: 

The Confusion Test European Trade Mark Law, by Dev Gangjee and Ilhana Fhima !

And the Winner is: 

European Fashion Law: A Practical Guide from Start-Up to Global Success, by Rosie Burbidge ! 

And the Winner is: 

A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects, edited by Claudy Op Den Kamp and Dan Hunter !

As the Christmas season is in full swing, it can mean only one thing dear readers of the IPKat blog and IP books, it is time again to nominate your favourite IP books of the year!

Us Kats love a good IP read, and over 2019 the IPKat has brought to you many book reviews of titles in all areas of IP. Take a look for some inspiration, but any book may be nominated for the awards.

Pawsing to consider my favourite books, whilst focusing on not mentioning another recent vote... Image: Manuel Cacciatori

Back by popular demand, the IPKat will again open an opportunity for readers to nominate and celebrate their favourite IP books of 2019. See the 2018 award winners here.

This year we will continue the tradition with the same catergories of nomination; Patent, trade mark, copyright, design and Intellectual Property. You can nominate as many books as you like in as many categories as you wish.

Click here to take the survey here, before 31st December 2019. 

All you need to do is provide the name of the author(s) and the title of the book you would like to win in the box provided. You do not have to answer every question of the survey.

The winners will be those books with the most nominations from the survey, which will be announced in early Janurary 2020.

With over 722 votes from IPKat readers, the winners of the 2018 IPKat Book of the Year Award are....

As book review editor, this Kat has facilitated the review of over 50 books on IPKat since taking over the role. She hopes that readers find these reviews as interesting and helpful as she does! This year we've covered books of all type of IP from Patents, Trade Marks, and Copyright, on topics from Social Media to Mediation, and jurisdictions, from China and South Africa to France.

And now... drum roll please... to celebrate the vast and diverse offering of IP literature, the IPKat are excited to announce that we are holding our first IP Book of The Year competition! 

Which IP books got you purring this year? You can nominate your favourites now. There are 6 categories of book that you can nominate- Patent, Copyright, Design, Trade Mark, General IP and Edited Collection.

So many books, so little time! PHoto: H. Wechsler

Nominations close at midnight on Sunday 23rd December 2018.

The books that received the most nominations will be shortlisted, following which readers will be able to vote for their winners!

Only books published in 2018 and fall within the categories listed above will be considered. You may nominate as many books as you like, but please only nominate each title once per person. In your nominations please include the author, title, and publisher.