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24 Jul 2013, 12:35 am
  [Says Merpel: Poor Amazon.com, first some of its gTLD applications were targeted on the basis of anticompetition, and now on the basis of geographical indications.] [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 10:22 am
Successful applicants will begin their internship on 1 April 2016.So if you want to get your paws on one of the most stimulating opportunities in feline IP blogging [a crowded market, Merpel notes], get in touch now! [read post]
12 Apr 2014, 8:22 am
 Although the official numbers have not been published yet, this Kat saw on Twitter [disclaimer: not an official EU law & policy source (yet)] that the Consultation appears to have attracted 11,117 responses [Merpel wonders how many responses the Commission expected, since initially the Consultation was scheduled to remain open for just two months?]. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 8:28 am
Whether that is a good thing the IPKat will leave to the comment board, while Merpel scurries for cover. [read post]
11 Sep 2016, 5:00 am
.'" [Merpel thinks this interviewee is very economics-friendly.] [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 6:28 am
For example:Case C‑136/02 P, Mag Instrument v OHIM used to be [2004] ECR I‑9165 but it's now EU:C:2004:592Case C‑25/05 P, Storck v OHIM used to be [2006] I-5719 but it's now EU:C:2006:422Case C‑106/03 P, Vedial v OHIM used to be [2004] ECR I-9573 but it's now EU:C:2004:611 He was a bit disconcerted by this, for a number of reasons, including these:He's not sure what happened to the old citations and wonders if they're still validIt's… [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 6:00 am
 But Merpel recalls from her school applied mathematics lessons that in the realm of statistics correlation does not imply causation. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 5:51 am
Merpel has just heard that European Patent Office employees are taking to the streets of Munich to express their extreme anxiety and disquiet at the state of governance of the office that, if things go according to plan, will soon be responsible for administering the unitary patent system that will provide patent protection across almost all of the European Union's Member States. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 11:36 am
WIPO's panellist was, however, not persuaded and decided not follow this novel argument:"In order to establish this [Merpel: that is unregistered trade mark rights and in consequence that the Disputed Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to one of the Complainants’ trademarks in the sense of Paragraph 4(a)(i) UDRP], the Complainants have provided evidence of a tweet on January 12, 2013 which included the phrase “La Bomba Ibiza”. [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 12:58 am by Eleonora Rosati
The IPKat and Merpel have just launched a poll asking readers what answer the CJEU is likely to provide to this question. [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 2:09 am
The IPKat, Merpel and the whole of the blog team offer their condolences to John's family, friends and colleagues. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 2:59 am
Merpel is all in favour of enterprise, so she's going to be a little bit enterprising herself. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 6:54 am
They are open to signature by anyone who shares their objectives [Merpel, a self-confessed advocate of free trade and national sovereignty, has already left her paw prints]. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 6:42 am
In fact, despite the allegedly abysmal [Merpel wonders how the social climate can be only "allegedly" abysmal] social climate, staff turnover at the Office was extremely low. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 9:05 am
Either way, Merpel reminds the Administrative Council members that the AC exists only by virtue of the EPC. [read post]
1 Mar 2015, 4:01 pm
More pragmatically, it does not read like a decision that is only for the benefit of private parties to an appeal; it reads like one that is expected to have a wide audience including the President, the Administrative Council, and probably everyone else -- not that this affected Merpel's thought processes.So with that, let's look at the decision.Background  At the time of Decision R19/12, in his role as VP3, the Chairman sat on two high level committees of the EPO, the… [read post]
31 May 2011, 4:01 pm
 Merpel's a bit anxious though. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 8:31 am
Elsewhere on the ether SABIP, the Standing Advisory Board for Intellectual Property in the UK, shocked its 34 followers on Twitter [Merpel says, I bet it'll have a few more after this posting] by announcing that it was going to give its website an overhaul. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 7:49 am
This is a copyright action, after all, says Merpel, and the claimant should set a good example] of the writ to Mr Gervais' lawyers and they have two weeks to decide whether to defend or accede to my request. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 9:58 am
I stand here today a stronger, wiser young woman who has taken this experience and learnt from it [gosh, says Merpel, this statement really sounds as though it comes from the pen of the lyricist who conceived "I Will Survive" ...]. [read post]