Utynam's heirs at the INTA Annual Meeting in Seattle
01 June 2009
A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449
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IP lawyers find their voice
While wandering through Seattle's Museum of Flight during the final party of the Annual Meeting, Utynam had the pleasure of hearing his first unofficial INTA karaoke session.
The first song he heard, performed by a rather tired and emotional American lawyer, was difficult to identify. But it was followed by a rendition of the 1970s classic Hotel California by a pair of Mexican lawyers who showed impressive stamina in their performance of a version far longer than Utynam remembered.
However, just as the party was winding down and the bar was (to the irritation of many) calling last orders, came the performance of the night. Sozos-Christos Theodoulou, from the Law Offices of Dr Christos A Theodoulou in Cyprus, performed a version of Mexican folk...
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