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11 Aug 2015, 4:29 am
For added certainty, Katy Perry made her red carpet appearance after exiting a spray-painted Rolls-Royce [Merpel feels that the manufacturers of Rolls-Royce motor cars, works of art in their own right, ought to have some moral right to stop this outrage]. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 7:14 am
Merpel can be a little unreasonable sometimes tooEstablished case law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office indicates that an unreasoned decision by a first instance department constitutes a substantial procedural violation (see T583/04, T1360/05, T1442/09, T180/10 for example), and typically the Board will remit the case back to that lower department. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 1:45 am
Merpel reports. [read post]
7 Aug 2015, 4:10 am
One might even say it would bring into law a tort of unfair competition – something with which our European colleagues are highly familiar, but has never quite reached our shores (perhaps it might sneak in during all the chaos currently going on in Calais, wonders Merpel). [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 3:32 pm
Merpel thinks this shows that marginally over 30% of readers are trade mark attorneys and their friends. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 2:18 am
Merpel adds, MIP also has a blog and a Twitter account, so the social media are included too]. [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 9:10 am
Adds Merpel, on the basis that Sir Donald Bradman is as much a part of Australian heritage as Ned Kelly, Dame Nellie Melba and Kylie Minogue, wouldn't it be a good idea if his name and image were 'nationalised', as it were, and held in trust for a truly admiring Australian public? [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 12:18 am
Merpel has attempted with limited success to discern the financial position of the EPO and has called for more financial transparency. [read post]
4 Aug 2015, 9:03 am
There is no specific deadline for response, but Merpel believes that the reform of the structure of the Boards of Appeal will be discussed at the Administrative Council meeting in December, so it would assist AMBA to have feedback in good time before then (Merpel has also noticed an additional meeting of the Administrative Council "to be confirmed" on 15 September, and is not sure what this will be for, but she does not understand it to be to consider CA/16/15.)As… [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 4:01 pm
Merpel joins this Kat in looking forward to seeing what Henry can do, and how elegantly he can perform the increasingly important judicial function known as "cut-and-paste". [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 5:10 am
No, justenjoying a drop of H2OLast week a judgment from Sir Robin Jacob plopped into Merpel's inbox which caused more than a slight tremor of her whiskers. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 7:36 am
Both the IPKat and Merpel would like once again to express their sincerest gratitude to all their readers, contributors and commentators for helping the blog to reach this milestone. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 4:24 am
Adds Merpel, yes, just like you put their content to good use too ...Forthcoming attractions. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 3:25 pm
Excitement, however, is not enough, says Merpel: what we need is some evidence that the IPEC is a good place to litigate. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 1:47 am
Merpel agrees, but with this caveat: amendments of this sort are more likely to be sought and granted, she thinks, in respect of a tort such as passing off, since this is a legal wrong with an open weave, in which the manifestation of the tort can often be characterised in so many different ways. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 8:40 am
Copyright continues to struggle with the realities of the 21st century (yes, says Merpel, and that’s part of the reason why open access is the future of scientific publishing). [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 10:25 am
Merpel thinks this is wishful thinking ...Still on patents. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 4:17 am
It's usually impossible to take Merpel by surprise ...According to the Commission, online content should circulate within the EU as freely as DVDs so long as it is offered by the right holder or with its consent.The view advanced by the Commission in the statement of objections (at least in light of the press release) is at odds with Article 3 of the InfoSoc Directive, which states very clearly that the right of communication to the public is not subject to exhaustion. [read post]
23 Jul 2015, 9:30 am
You can also enjoy Ideas Powered on Facebook and Twitter [oh goodness, murmurs Merpel, I've just realised that it's called Ideas Powered because its initial letters are 'IP' ...]. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 9:51 am
Like anyone else who works on the social media, the IPKat and Merpel are exposed to all sorts of communications, many of which are thoroughly welcome and greatly appreciated -- even if they can't always turn them into blogposts -- and others of which are not. [read post]
