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18 Mar 2015, 8:29 am
Merpel was delighted to see that the management of the European Patent Office has finally commented publicly on the issues of the increasingly strained staff relations within the Office, and in particular on the decision of the Dutch Court in favour of SUEPO, the EPO's (internal) announcement that it would ignore this decision, and the subsequent events. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 4:00 pm
The European Parliament, in some of its gloryThe Monday Miscellany is not the place you would expect to find anything about the ongoing crises at the European Patent Office, but so many people have sent the IPKat and Merpel the YouTube clip entitled "European Patent Office breaches human rights and claims immunity - James Carver MEP" (which has also been posted as a comment with by several readers) that it seems almost churlish… [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 3:10 am
Part IMerpel has perused the Minutes of the European Patent Office's Administrative Council meeting that occurred just after the "house ban" controversially imposed on a member of the Boards of Appeal. [read post]
15 Mar 2015, 4:30 am
http://t.co/bRv9DzU3Z2 -> EU court: Mobe makers not liable for users' copyright badness http://t.co/shvBLdqfaN -> Movie Group To "Kill Piracy" By Not Releasing Movies For Months http://t.co/pFe1yCOD9I -> Viacom Beats 'Dating Naked' Contestant's Lawsuit Over Uncensored Crotch http://t.co/c61hA79Ubv -> Aereo and Optus TV Now – a comparison of the US Supreme Court and Australian Full Federal Court decisions http://t.co/cOaLSVS6Y2 -> Claim for… [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 11:56 am
The Vice-President of the European Patent Office in charge of the Boards of Appeal shall also be entitled to be heard in such proceedings.(3) In the case of such a request being made by the Vice-President in charge of the Boards of Appeal, he shall be a party to the proceedings. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 9:19 am
Meanwhile, PatLit has a short note on what seems to be a bit of a non-event: the report that summarises responses to the UK government's call for comments and consultation on what changes, if any, need to be made to the UK's Patents Act 1977 to make UK law compatible with the operation of Europe's new (but not yet operative) Unified Patent Court. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 7:35 am
Since the subject-matter of European patents and the conditions for their protection are governed by another international treaty to which the Union is not party (the European Patent Convention, with its 38 signatories), patent law will thus lie completely outside the EU’s ambit, despite its economic importance (impact on innovation) and its issues of general interest (for instance the scope of patents for software and medicines). [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 6:00 am
We started settling in on the European technical standard as a guide for how to draft, how to cover the innovation from that vantage point, in order to try to write this document that would satisfy the USPTO as well as the EPO, Chinese Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, and so on. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 6:00 am
We started settling in on the European technical standard as a guide for how to draft, how to cover the innovation from that vantage point, in order to try to write this document that would satisfy the USPTO as well as the EPO, Chinese Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office, and so on. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 8:02 am
Merpel has been rather busy this week, but has finally had the chance to peruse the Minutes of the European Patent Office's Administrative Council meeting from last December, which came her way recently. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 12:13 am
Yesterday the European Patent Office started the two-day hearing on Motorola's opposition (Samsung and HTC withdrew their opposition as part of their deals with Apple) to Apple's European rubberbanding patent. [read post]
11 Mar 2015, 4:43 am
The survey is independent and is not sponsored by the European Patent Office. [read post]
11 Mar 2015, 1:51 am
The IPKat learned yesterday that the United Kingdom's Minister for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, is to visit that sadly-troubled entity, the European Patent Office. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 8:38 am
The item, in relevant part, reads as follows:"Comfyballs, a Norwegian underwear brand, has set up a poll asking the public if it is offended by the word 'ball's, to prove to the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) that its name is not inappropriate. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 2:15 am
Readers of this weblog, particularly some of the recent features concerning the European Patent Office, will know that controversial and topical posts may attract scores of comments from readers. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 12:23 pm
", said Muriel, but it was to no avail ...In case you thought this weblog was only interested in the goings-on at the European Patent Office, here's proof to the contrary effect. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 7:50 am
The renewal fees, plus the expected charge that the European Patent Office will level at grant to register the patent as having unitary effect, will be the main costs for an unlitigated patent (i.e. for most patents). [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 3:00 am
Merpel has now received from more than one kind reader the recently-released plans for reform of the administrative arrangements of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 9:04 pm
Before the European patent system can grow in terms of having an EU unitary patent and a European Unified Patent Court (UPC), it may have to improve in some fundamental respects. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 5:00 pm
Merpel posted last week an open letter in which the management of the European Patent Office criticised staff representatives for their behaviour in the meeting that was supposed to discuss reform to the sick leave and invalidity provisions in the service regulations governing EPO employees. [read post]
