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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]
15 Dec 2014, 7:25 am
Now, Merpel reports on an unprecedented letter in which the Enlarged Board members express their concerns about the turn of events. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 12:56 am
” [Good idea, says Merpel, but she is sure she’s seen rules like that before…] (3) “We will require a working model to be provided to the patent office before a patent is granted” [Merpel thinks it will be a lucky business that wins the warehousing contract for the patent office] (4) “we will strictly enforce the current rule that patents are invalid if they are "obvious to someone skilled in the art". [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 2:40 pm
Events have moved quicker than Merpel’s typing paws. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 3:20 pm
Merpel is saddened by the sight of the European Patent Office, once regarded as a jewel in the crown of European and indeed global intellectual property excellence, careering towards the precipice of disaster, its leadership obstinately failing to heed every warning sign and its Administrative Council apparently incapable of exercising decisive control. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 3:55 am
After all, says Merpel, the internet was in existence when the junior registrant applied for its .ca mark, by which time the complainant had established a website at designfirstkitchens.com]. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 1:29 pm
How could the IPKat not follow Merpel's kind suggestion? [read post]
22 Mar 2015, 5:01 pm
This is what Merpel writes:Dear Administrative Council,You are meeting this week at a crucial time in the history of the European Patent Organisation. [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 1:29 am
In addition to the legal reforms required to separate powers, Merpel is interested to see that CIPA is also proposing fiscal changes, to give the Boards their own budget and financial independence.Text of the letter starts here:6th February 2015 Dear Mr. [read post]
25 Jul 2020, 3:30 am
In between chasing birds and lounging on her editors' desks, Merpel occasionally reads some of the materials that pass over them. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 10:22 pm
Distinctiveness of the earlier mark is only one factor in the global assessment (Merpel says “got it”).3. [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 3:58 pm
Merpel is sceptical of the jury verdict. [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 9:57 am
He contacted the Swedish producer of ‘Concealed wines’ [not concealed so well, sneers Merpel] whose founder replied the wine was actually called 'Mafiozo'- not Mafioso- and referred to a style of hip-hop singing, rather than to the Italian organised crime group [Merpel begs to differ -even her favourite alternative Urban dictionary –refers to a rap gender spelled MAFIOSO] Cherubini further went to the local press explaining the causes of his… [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 3:11 pm
", the strong ale-swilling Merpel tries to say while the Kat seeks to suppress her with a diplomatic paw ...] has been diluted. [read post]
12 Nov 2017, 3:29 am
" [Merpel asks if that would include reading this book?] [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 9:41 am
Both real and fictional Kats have memories that are admittedly fallible, but Merpel has this vague recollection that EPO's concern for human rights has been demonstrated more vividly by its defiance of them than by their protection. [read post]
13 May 2013, 11:15 pm
Merpel says, this is all very well -- but spare a thought for legitimate middle men. [read post]
4 Sep 2014, 8:33 am
Merpel wonders whether all these EU-imposed boundaries just mean that full-harmonisation of the national copyright laws is not just on its way, but already among us. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 6:48 am
Speakers are Sam Ricketson, Shira Perlmutter and Federico Ortino and you can register by clicking here [Merpel finds herself pondering whether one could ask the question the other way round: are trade and investment agreements threatened by a persistent longing for multilateralism? [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 10:21 am
Occasional guest blogger Sean Gilday (a trainee patent attorney at Page Hargrave) has been having thoughts about setting copyright free and Merpel thought it might be fun to let Sean's ideas (well, one of them, at any rate) loose on his readership. [read post]
