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28 Mar 2014, 9:32 am
Earlier today, the IPKat and Merpel achieved something which they can in all honesty say the wouldn't have been able to do without the valuable assistance and support of their readers: they are proud and not a little humble too when they realise that this weblog has now notched up its nine millionth page-view [or should that be page-mew ...?]. [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 7:12 am
Merpel reckons that the question is not asked in "would you mind"-like terms) Google to pay for displaying links to and snippets of newspaper articles, and in other countries (eg Brazil) members of national newspaper associations have opted out of the Google News service, a few days ago news reached the IPKat that an agreement has been achieved in Belgium. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 2:30 am
Merpel is more concerned with the fact that information concerning this matter, which manifestly concerns the UK patent and trade mark attorneys -- and by implication their professional standing in comparison with their European colleagues and competitors -- should appear first on the website of the barrister involved. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 8:38 am
[Notes Merpel, it's good to know that the USPTO defends its own intellectual property, especially to protect businesses from parties acting unscrupulously.] ...but he's on a mission to crush IP trolls.AG Sorrell, responding to complaints from Vermont businesses that had received the PTA's letters, argued that the PTA's actions violated the Vermont Consumer Protection Act. [read post]
26 Mar 2017, 12:48 am
[Merpel is very upset the UK monikers are no longer of the feline persuasion. [read post]
8 Jan 2022, 11:21 am
Merpel and TechieKat Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo reported on a March 2021 decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal (R 1996/2020-5) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that answers this question. [read post]
13 May 2014, 11:48 pm
Instead, he had to make himself a catalyst [surely katalyst, murmurs Merpel] for the crystallisation of the thoughts and opinions of others. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 1:00 am
The appeal went to the Legal Board because the decision under appeal was made by the Receiving Section (Article 21(2) EPC) The appeal decision is pleasingly anonymised, because the application in question is not published, lending the decision an exciting air of mystery that gets Merpel (international cat of mystery, remember) all excited. [read post]
5 Sep 2014, 8:15 am
Merpel thinks it would be good if you could "mix and match" by getting a special registration package that let you flit effortlessly from one to the other, and back again. [read post]
5 Jul 2013, 8:11 am
Merpel's hoping for a sequel, The Lives, Loves and Deaths of Splendidly Unreasonable Intellectual Property Litigators, a tome which, she is sure, will be a good deal longer than this one. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 10:59 am
This was also the era in which correct pronunciation, with good diction, might spare a child the indignity of corporal punishment or a school detention if he could not deliver a sufficiently precise Pschitt.Says Merpel, given that a mark's audio impact is a vital part of its scope of protection, particularly in Europe, where sound is one of the "holy trinity" of a mark's identity along with its visual impact and conceptual meaning, there must be a strong argument for choosing word… [read post]
31 Dec 2012, 3:10 am
Very nice, says Merpel, but what do readers think? [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 9:15 am
Merpel also has a question: is there any significance in the reference being "manifestly inadmissible" rather than just the usual sort of inadmissible? [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 12:18 pm
Says Merpel, mïâòû! [read post]
27 Nov 2006, 1:58 am
What Merpel wants to know is, how did the BBC get inside information about the contents of the report? [read post]
19 Oct 2010, 9:43 pm
Merpel has a better idea: why not ask readers to supply a dialogue in place of the text encapsulated in the speech balloons which (i) is truly funny and (ii) makes better sense to intellectual property enthusiasts? [read post]
23 Aug 2008, 11:47 am
However, the ever contrary Merpel just doesn't like filling out forms. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 5:50 am
After reading the article, Merpel wonders whether it is a good or bad thing that the term "IPKat" does not necessarily lend itself to genericism... [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 8:43 am
Merpel wonders about the huge increase in the number of DVDs - is it because more people have DVD players and so it's more worthwhile importing them? [read post]
26 May 2010, 5:52 am
Merpel, in whimsical mood, adds that, for those who think that life in Alicante's citadel of trade mark and design administration is no more than a pleasant blend of sea food, sun and sailing, the appointment of Mr Campinos may be a disappointment -- the letters of his surname, with a little gentle rearrangement, spell out the firm message to the entire Community trade mark and design fraternity: "No scampi".James Nurton's profile interview with Mr Campinos hereIf you… [read post]
