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9 Mar 2015, 3:03 am
The IPKat and Merpel welcome comments. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 3:01 am
Merpel notes how little time there is for debate, consultation, or indeed any alteration of the proposals.Annex 1Annex 2 presents some statistics on the Boards of Appeal of the EPO and comparisons with other courts:Statistics BOA (1) The EPO BOA consist of 28 Technical Boards (TBOA), 1 Legal Board, the Disciplinary Board and the Enlarged Board (EBOA). [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 3:00 am
The "Recommendation for Publication" in the proposals is "yes", and so Merpel is publishing them here. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 5:00 pm
Merpel expects that many readers, like her, will have wondered what really happened and what was the other side of the story. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 6:29 am
Last year, in a post entitled "Merpel roars: the EPO responds" (5 August 2014, here), this weblog reproduced in full a letter from the EPO's then Principal Director for Communications, Oswald Schroeder. [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 8:23 am
Yesterday was a big IP day at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), with both the judgment in Copydan (private copying levies) [here] and the Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs (plant variety rights) [here].However, while browsing the Curia calendar and press releases, this Kat's attention was drawn to another case which, although not strictly IP-related, might be very relevant IP-wise, especially for copyright aficionados… [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 2:46 pm
Merpel has heard reports of intimidation of staff representatives: might this have had a role to play?]. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 12:56 am
Apparently the single copy is locked away in a hotel vault in Marrakesh, Morocco [there is an alternative reading of this link, notes Merpel, which would suggest that it is the group who are locked away in the hotel vault]. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 1:55 am
(Merpel remarks that “They could hardly argue that the patent is not infringed because their pregabalin is not intended for use for treatment of pain, and at the same time resist issuance of NHS guidance to the same effect, now, could they?) [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 2:43 pm
And now, in case any of last week's Katposts passed you by, here's the 35th weekly "Never Too Late" summary of last week's posts, recorded once again by our friend and highly valued colleague Alberto Bellan, who writes as follows:* EPO, SUEPO and a question of governance: why a word from the Baroness would be welcomeSUEPO called off its proposed march on the British consulate in Munich last Wednesday in the face of potential liability for breaches of obligations… [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 4:49 am
Typically, the Member State representatives at the ABBC come from the national offices [at this point, Merpel's ears prick up. [read post]
1 Mar 2015, 4:01 pm
More pragmatically, it does not read like a decision that is only for the benefit of private parties to an appeal; it reads like one that is expected to have a wide audience including the President, the Administrative Council, and probably everyone else -- not that this affected Merpel's thought processes.So with that, let's look at the decision.Background At the time of Decision R19/12, in his role as VP3, the Chairman sat on two high level committees of the EPO, the… [read post]
27 Feb 2015, 4:27 am
But, overall, the Government's responses should be seen as a very positive move".Merpel has an idea. why not have a system of graduated threats? [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 2:43 am
This morning the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued in fact its decision [not yet available on the Curia website] in Case C-41/14 Christie's France, a reference for a preliminary ruling from France seeking clarification as regards that peculiar creature of EU copyright known as artist's resale right, or droit de suite [Merpel explains that this phrase does not mean right to a (hotel) suite, but rather the "right to follow" the… [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 2:57 pm
This post returns to the subject of patents in Europe, but in a very different context from that which has been exercising so many of our readers of late. [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 10:13 am
And thanks once again, UKIPO, for at least making the effort to say something [and can we please hear a bit more, adds Merpel, preferably from a Minister]. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 8:01 am
The IPKat and Merpel both urge readers to treat this facility with respect -- and are sure they will. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 3:18 am
Considering that the judgment runs to 208 paragraphs, deals with five separate trade marks, reviews several decades of marketing history and cites over 60 earlier cases, one can only gasp at the man's astonishing level of productivity [Merpel wonders if it actually takes longer for her to read Arnold J's judgments than it takes him to cut-and-paste write them].In short, Supreme Petfoods had registered Community and UK trade marks between 2003 and 2007 which either consisted of the… [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 2:55 am
The floor goes to Katfriend Katharine Stephens (Partner, Bird & Bird), Jeremy and Merpel.* Can SUEPO sue EPO? [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 4:31 am
Without the benefit of a good command of legal Dutch, Merpel struggles to understand the content of the document to which she alludes. [read post]
