sentences:  A feature of the blog is the expression of opinions through the often contrasting observations made by two fictional cats, the "IPKat" himself and his female companion "Merpel".A third feline, the "AmeriKat", analyses IP developments in the U.S.
  
  IPKat was founded by Jeremy Phillips, who had previously launched the "Managing Intellectual Property" magazine and sold it to Euromoney Publications in 1991.As of December 2017, the contributors included Annsley Merelle Ward (a.k.a.