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22 Mar 2015, 10:12 am
, Merpel wonders what would happen should someone like Willy Moon decide to take action against an X-Factor contestant who allegedly looks like him? [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 9:41 am
Piloted by our sterling comment-poster and occasional Merpel-basher Meldrew, it carries an item, "Europe down the plughole? [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 10:49 am
Last week Advocate General Mengozzi gave his Opinion in Case C-20/14 BGW Marketing - & Management- Service GmbH v Bodo Scholz [available so far in 17 EU official languages, but not English, notes Merpel] on the interpretation of Article 4(1)(b) of Directive 2008/95, following a request by the Bundespatentgericht (German Federal Patent Court) to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling.The underlying dispute concerned an… [read post]
18 Mar 2015, 8:29 am
(Merpel is not aware of the German decision - can any readers help? [read post]
18 Mar 2015, 7:04 am
Nothing else will do.Smart (water) catSays Merpel, while an outsider, merely viewing a dispute from the standpoint of the judgment itself and without having seen the evidence and heard the arguments, can only ever get an imperfect impression of the legal dispute that led to it, there doesn't seem any reason why any part of this application should have come even remotely close to succeeding. [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 1:05 pm
However, on the contrary, it seems that the Spanish experience is closer to that of Brazil, where national newspapers amounting for 90% of the traffic dropped out of Google News almost three years ago, and do not seem to lbe ooking to make a comeback since, according to the newspapers association, only 5% of overall traffic was lost, after 135 out of 154 newspapers decided to leave the news aggregation service provided by Google.This being a family weblog,Merpel asked La Chicato pose behind… [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 4:00 pm
Whether you own IP rights or act for someone who does, these seminars -- which are absolutely free -- are a great way to learn about the latest developments in global IP systems, to find out what WIPO can do for you [and to have a good moan and be sure someone from WIPO will be listening, adds Merpel]. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 3:10 am
Today the IPKat and Merpel are thrilled to report that this weblog has just welcomed its 13 millionth page-view. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 2:01 am
Last Friday afternoon, just as all good readers were getting ready for a weekend break [and all workoholics and European patent enthusiasts were rolling up their sleeves and getting ready for action, Merpel thinks], the IPKat posted "The EU patent package: a dangerous precedent? [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 11:56 am
And Merpel replied "... [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 9:19 am
Apparently there are 17 fences to be jumped and there is a generous prize of £200,000 for the winner [though Merpel is quite puzzled as to what a horse might want with so large a sum of money, or indeed with any cash at all]. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 9:59 am
What with Kats scattering in all directions to cover so many exciting developments, it's always good to know that the IPKat, Merpel and the blogging team have friends on whom they can rely. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 8:02 am
Merpel has been rather busy this week, but has finally had the chance to peruse the Minutes of the European Patent Office's Administrative Council meeting from last December, which came her way recently. [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]
11 Mar 2015, 4:43 am
Responses should be made by not later than the middle of April [this causes Merpel no end of puzzlement, since April has an even number of days. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 8:38 am
For example: it appears that the word COMFYBALLS, as depicted in the top right hand corner of this blog post, has already been registered by Tonic Brands AS for "clothing, footwear, headgear" in Class 25 [says Merpel, this shows either (i) the higher degree of tolerance shown by Europeans to the affectionate use of vulgar terms as brands or (ii) the wisdom of engaging examiners from 28 countries which, between them, share 24 official languages and who may miss the subtleties of… [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 2:15 am
In the past weeks the IPKat and Merpel have received a good deal of criticism, all of it from anonymous comment-posters, to the effect that this blog has been suppressing comments that are hostile to its alleged "policy" [this blog's comment moderation policy is explained here]. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 12:23 pm
Quite explosive, says Merpel* OHIM and the Midas Touch: how can a EU agency stop making too much money? [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 7:50 am
(If you are new to the Unitary Patent, Merpel regrets that the IPKat has not written about it much for a while, because there has not been much in the way of news, but relevant posts are this from the 2014 Fordham conference, this on the applicable law, and this on Spain's challenge to the legality of it all.)Well, Merpel has now received from a number of sources a document "Proposals for the level of renewal fees for European patents with unitary effect", submitted… [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 3:03 am
The IPKat and Merpel welcome comments. [read post]
