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30 Apr 2015, 6:36 am
Merpel thinks she knows the answers -- but she would love to be wrong.As ever, Merpel welcomes comments, but begs to remind readers of the following:Henceforth, in respect of all EPO-related blogposts, no comment will be posted if it is merely ascribed to "Anonymous". [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 3:46 am
Merpel has just noticed that today the European Patent Office has published on its website an on-line consultation on the proposals for the reform of the administration and structure of the Boards of Appeal. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 2:45 am
In one of the related contexts the IPKat blog pointed out an interesting fact:"People who work for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) and the good folk whose job it is in the European Commission to make life difficult for us by thinking up new IP policies, must all have the occasional health issue too, and presumably… [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]
29 Apr 2015, 2:03 am
Meowing out loud, Merpel wonders if someone already subject to a licence agreement could bring about the end of the contract and then launch an application for pre-action disclosure on the basis that the licensor would then sue them for infringement (subject to the terms of the contract). [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 4:00 am
Thinking about the EPO's controversial health reforms, something has struck Merpel. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 10:56 am
And the operative part is very concise - much of the length is the explanation of the disclosure of the PCT application, the patent, and the prior art including the Summary of Product Characteristics of rivastigmine.In the meantime, the patent is under opposition at the EPO by no fewer than 13 opponents (although Merpel notes that Sir Richard wrote "less"). [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 3:56 am
Never too late 39 [week ending Sunday 29 March] – Merpel writes to the EPO AC | CJEU and hyperlinks | New gTLD regime | AG on TM reputation and genuine use in Case C‑125/14 Iron & Smith Kft v Unilever NV | AMBA speaks | Digital exhaustion | CJEU on linking to live shows in Case C-279/13 C More Entertainment| EPO Enlarged Board on amendments’ clarity in G 3/14 | EPO on patentability in cases G 2/12 (Tomatoes… [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 8:58 am
Merpel thinks this is a strange slogan and assumes that it sounds better or more meaningful in whichever language it was originally conceived before it was translated into English. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 8:08 am
It has been a quiet day so far, and Merpel was busy taking a nap in the sun when the following media release came in from the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 11:22 am
Come on readers, says Merpel - it's all in a good cause.EPO Rules. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 1:37 pm
; the renaming of the OHIM to "European Union Intellectual Property Office" [Merpel wonders whether it will be the only Intellectual Property Office in the world that has no responsibility for patents. [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 4:18 am
Never too late 39 [week ending Sunday 29 March] – Merpel writes to the EPO AC | CJEU and hyperlinks | New gTLD regime | AG on TM reputation and genuine use in Case C‑125/14 Iron & Smith Kft v Unilever NV | AMBA speaks | Digital exhaustion | CJEU on linking to live shows in Case C-279/13 C More Entertainment| EPO Enlarged Board on amendments’ clarity in G 3/14 | EPO on patentability in cases G 2/12 (Tomatoes… [read post]
19 Apr 2015, 4:01 pm
While the Forum is plainly conceived as a place where like-minded pharma innovators, their friends and allies can gather and share their interest in extending patents, Merpel suspects that there might be more than a couple of discreetly low-profile generic manufacturers in attendance too, taking careful notes and planning their counter-strategies.Details of the programme and registration details can be found by clicking here. [read post]
17 Apr 2015, 7:43 am
They were also the subject of the acrimonious General Consultative Committee meeting that Merpel reported here. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 11:05 am
In an unparalleled fit of productivity Ben Challis has written on IFPI's Digital Music Report 2015 and the targeting by PRS for Music of live music and festivals, while Marie-Andrée Weiss, not to be outdone, explains the ramifications of Arne Svenson's controversial commercial exploitation of unauthorised and clandestine photographs of his neighbours [would he be instructing his lawyers if it turned out that his neighbours decided to do the same to him, Merpel wonders]. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 12:50 pm
.* The IPKat and his friends: a round-up of some IP weblog news Every three months or thereabouts, the IPKat and Merpel give an update of the goings-on both on this weblog and on other IP-flavoured blogs to which members of this blog team contribute. [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 1:15 am
If one single work infringed would lead to the dismissal of the case, a bunch of eleven works unlawfully exploited can amount to a massive infringement and serve for enacting the fast track proceeding provided by the Agcom’s Regulation (see the IPKat here).Merpel decides thatpiracy does not suit herTotally different outcomes were achieved by the Spanish Courts of the Administrative Jurisdiction in two cases related to the piracy of music works, ordering the Spanish internet access… [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 4:03 am
The IPKat and Merpel are always happy to help their readers, particularly when (i) it doesn't cost them anything and (ii) the enquiry is an interesting one. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 10:43 am
Merpel wonders how many times the name Deckmyn will be heard in the course of the seminar ...Holborn-based law firm Collyer Bristow, one of the nearest IP practices to The Old Nick, is holding a debate on 28 April 2015 at 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm. [read post]
