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19 Feb 2015, 12:44 am
The excellent and efficient James Thomson (Head of Stakeholder Engagement [how Merpel loves that job title!] [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 1:29 am
In addition to the legal reforms required to separate powers, Merpel is interested to see that CIPA is also proposing fiscal changes, to give the Boards their own budget and financial independence.Text of the letter starts here:6th February 2015 Dear Mr. [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 2:35 pm
So, Merpel wonders, is there a feminist angle to the debate: do people feel entitled to complain because they are women (in kitten heels) ...? [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 3:29 pm
Well, not as such, says Merpel, who has read the recent WIPO media release "United States of America, Japan Join International Design System" with interest and some uncertainty as to what it all means. [read post]
16 Feb 2015, 1:44 am
It's the EPO": More Munich mewsings from Merpel Merpel has it from an unimpeachable source that earlier last week, there was an informal get-together of European Patent Office's Administrative Council chairman. [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 6:06 am
Munich, host to the European Patent Office's main centre of operations, has been abuzz with speculation and intrigue this week, these being features of any organisation that does not enjoy the benefit of transparent government -- and, it should be said, these also being features of many organisations that do enjoy those benefits.In listening modeThis moggy has it from an unimpeachable source that earlier this week, Tuesday 10 February, there was an informal get-together of European Patent… [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 5:01 am
” Merpel wonders what the Laughing Cow is laughing about: when the Red Bull is rampant, is anyone safe? [read post]
12 Feb 2015, 4:02 am
We are under the official patronage of the ERA (the European Law Academy), but without any monetary subsidy".Travel costs and dinners are paid by the judges privately or by their courts [this inspires Merpel to propose an "eat-what-you-kill" policy by which IP judges receive a portion of each damages award they make, for travel and accommodation]; accommodation and lunches are paid by our sponsors, the German GRUR and Markenverband [ooh, says Merpel -- isn't… [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 2:30 pm
If you are in the area and want to know what WIPO can do for you [or if you want to tell the WIPO folk what to do and how to do it better, adds Merpel], do seize this opportunity.A recent Guardian online post tells the sad tale of Connecticut elementary school teacher Victoria Soto, who was killed in the Sandy Hook massacre back in December 2012. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 12:23 pm
Anyway, it is with great pleasure that the IPKat and Merpel welcome Marty has a guest contributor with the following item [Merpel calls it a "Marticle"] on a recent US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruling, Belmora LLC v Bayer Consumer Care AG and Bayer Healthcare LLC, 1:14-cv-00847-GBL (EDVA Feb. 6, 2015), accessible here. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 3:57 am
It might even be a good idea to offer free access to the author's preface or a distinguished person's foreword -- in this case written by CJEU judge Christopher Vajda [Merpel agrees. [read post]
10 Feb 2015, 10:15 am
The IPKat suspects that, after it has done so, we may be hearing about the consequences -- but this is a matter which he leaves to Merpel, whose post on Board 28 last week has already been much read and commented-upon.Grrr ...Bull baits bulldog. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 10:41 am
Alas, this is not an isolated incident, but the IPKat feels bound to report it because the shoes do look like fun (Merpel refuses to wear high heels since, for any feline quadruped, having to purchase two pairs at a time is dreadfully expensive ...).There will be a Tuesday Tiddlywinks tomorrow, to report some of the bits and pieces that couldn't be squeezed into this Monday Miscellany. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 2:06 am
Both fashionistas at hearts and Mad Men fans, Merpel and this Kat have noticed a recent trend in advertising, ie the use of the image of icons of the past. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 1:15 am
Any useful tips from readers, Merpel and Jeremy ask? [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 8:20 am
The announcement, which you can access here, reads as follows:The owners of European patents and international trademarks that want to protect their inventions or trademarks in the Republic of San Marino are required to pay national taxes in San Marino and can not longer avail themselves of the reciprocity of recognition on trademarks, patents and designs sanctioned by art.43 of the Convention San Marino- Italy of 1939 [Merpel adds: this is the Convention of Friendship and Good… [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 7:25 am
Presumably the cost of enforcement will also have fallen -- but so will the value of any damages awarded, warns Merpel. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 11:29 am
Merpel has also received the following analysis. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 10:54 am
One notable participant is IP Troll Tracker blogger Stephanie Kennedy ("Tracking Trolls since 2001") [Merpel thinks that troll tracking is a most appropriate issue for a Nordic IP event, bearing in mind where trolls originate]. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 3:40 am
Readers may already have perused the early thoughts from the IPKat and Merpel on this concept here. as well as a response to some rather immoderate comments by readers of this blog by MIP's Emma Barraclough. [read post]
