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17 Nov 2015, 11:24 am
Siegfried Broß is probably better known to Merpel's German-speaking readers than her English-speaking ones. [read post]
17 Nov 2015, 12:34 am
No need for Pregabalin(e) injunction, say the FrenchAfter Jeremy's post on the decision of Mr Justice Arnold in Warner-Lambert Co LLC v Sandoz GmbH, Sandoz Ltd and Lloyds Pharmcacy Ltd [2015] EWHC 3153 (Pat), in the Patents Court, England and Wales, to extend an interim injunction in an ongoing patent infringement dispute over pregabalin, here, Katfriend Grégoire Triet (Avocat au Barreau de Paris and a partner in the Paris-based practice… [read post]
15 Nov 2015, 10:00 am
Merpel adds the hope that the Helmes, now that they have had their day in court, will be able to put the failed JV behind them and get back to their business by looking forward to a better future rather than raking over the embers of the past. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 6:05 am
IPKat readers who have an interest in Chinese IP issues are invited to visit the newly-launched 10 year anniversary website www.10ip.org which seeks to celebrate the achievements of the EU-China IP Dialogue mechanism [before you take a look, says Merpel, can you name any of them?]. [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 9:35 am
Merpel suggests one of a number of possible causes:the questions asked by the Belgian court were so difficult and intellectually taxing that the CJEU really needed all the time it could get in order to sort its answers out; the legal points made at the hearing stage were sufficiently novel and unexpected that the CJEU had to look afresh at its preliminary opinion; the case was so boring that the CJEU could scarcely face looking at it and left it till its supply of the… [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 3:22 pm
coincidentally it happens to be an application for an urgent summary injunction made by Warner-Lambert/Pfizer against Sandoz in respect of alleged patent infringement relating to pregalabine [that's the French for pregabalin, explains Merpel] and "skinny labelling". [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 3:20 am
As Merpel notes, if they can't even afford the cost of dealing with the EPO in examination proceedings, and possibly in post-grant opposition proceedings, there's probably little chance of them being to afford the cost of litigating these patents nationally or, as will soon be likely, before the Unified Patent Court, wherever that litigation might be.In its decision the BoA referred to another appeal against an Examination Division decision, T 1266/07 where the BoA said… [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 3:14 pm
In 2014, 262 people told the IPO that they had received such notices compared to 848 in 2013 [no, says Merpel, this only means that fewer people have told the IPO, not that the number of notices received has been reduced. [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 2:12 am
In conjunction with this [and just in case it isn't planning to leave the European Union any time soon, thinks Merpel], the UK Government is conducting a business survey about existing barriers to trade in those countries and has indicated that it is keen to hear from businesses about challenges they face in these markets. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 7:39 am
One of the great advantages of bifurcated patent litigation [perhaps the only advantage, wonders Merpel] is that bifurcated decisions make for shorter judgments and shorter blogposts to explain them. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 1:34 am
“soccer”, or those-22-guys-hardly-seeking-to-put-the-ball-inside-the-net), says Merpel.* C-490/14 - Verlag Esterbauer: Get off my map! [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 9:57 am
Merpel showing off the 'Downward Cat' poseFelines can often demonstrate great feats of stretchiness and overall flexibility, which can only be attributed to hard work at all-important cat yoga sessions. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 8:34 am
Merpel showing off the 'Downward Cat' poseThe US Court of Appeals aimed to answer this question in the case of Bikram Yoga College of India v. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 2:14 am
Merpel showing off the 'Downward Cat' poseThe US Court of Appeals aimed to answer this question in the case of Bikram Yoga College of India v. [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 6:58 am
Merpel wonders whether the same principle is being applied at the European Patent Office (EPO), where it may appear to the interested bystander that fielding a weakened team is to become a matter of official policy and that the Boards of Appeal are assumed to deliver better results when their numbers are depleted.With only her retractable claws to count on, Merpel has been doing some counting. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 4:27 pm
Well done Suffolk, says Merpel! [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 9:33 am
You bet, replies Merpel. [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 8:56 am
Merpel, in shufflin'-modeJudge Williams also recalled the precedent in Jostens, in which the Second Circuit rejected the claim that none of the lyrics in a copyright musical composition might appear in a commercial setting without the copyright owner’s permission. [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 12:15 am
Writing on IP Draughts, Mark Anderson poses the question whether contracts might be better interpreted by computers than by judges: says Merpel. since so many contracts she sees look as though they have been drafted by computers in the first place, this may not be such a far-fetched notion. [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]
