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6 Jan 2015, 5:42 am
Merpel, who supports EPLAW and its work, wonders why this consultation was not opened up to more than just EPLAW members (or was it)? [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 4:01 pm
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]
5 Jan 2015, 5:08 am
******************************PREVIOUSLY, ON NEVER TOO LATE Never too late 26 [week ending Sunday 28 December] -- Arnold J on Ice cream van design in Whitby Specialist Vehicles v Yorkshire Specialist Vehicles | Adios to positive right of TM in Spain | Costs of Vestergaard Fransen v Bestnet Europe | Irish PTO on slogan TMs | Merpel summarises what’s going on with EPO | CoA for England and Wales on patent infringement by numbers in Jarden… [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 4:00 pm
The IPKat and Merpel wish them all the very best in their future endeavours, be they commercial. professional or social media-related. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 12:50 pm
In the unlikely event that you haven't noticed, the IPKat and Merpel respectfully remind readers that we are moving from the calendar year 2014 to the next numbered year in the sequence, 2015. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 3:05 am
Coupled with the legal costs and potential indemnification concerns, the Proposal’s evidentiary burden may potentially hinder the Proposal from becoming a commonly-used and effective tool to fight online copyright infringement in Australia and beyond.Thank you to Merpel, Jeremy, all of the other cats, and of course you, the readers, for the privilege of being a guest contributor to The IPKat over the past six months. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 9:40 am
Merpel disagrees vigorously. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 1:16 am
", wonders Merpel] Dunnes Stores Ireland Company; the trade mark was Dunnes' word mark for clothing BARELY THERE (Class 25: clothing, footwear and headgear). [read post]
29 Dec 2014, 9:44 am
, appears on the website of Spain's IP office which reads as follows:The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) is offering a new service to citizens and Industrial Property professionals [Miaow, says Merpel: why "citizens" first? [read post]
29 Dec 2014, 2:16 am
Merpel summarises Over the past month, this weblog has hosted news and developments of reports of unrest among the workers at the European Patent Office (EPO). [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 9:47 pm
Merpel has attempted to condense the outstanding issues into one post. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 2:46 pm
Merpel isn't sure: she thinks that, the less a reason exists for selecting a word as a trade mark in respect of goods, the more deserving it is of being regarded as distinctive]. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 3:41 am
.* The independence of the Boards of Appeal: Merpel roars againThe issue of the apparent erosion of the independence of the EPO Boards of Appeal’s members has dramatically emerged in the past couple of weeks, even beyond the house ban and then suspension imposed by the President and the confirmed by the Administrative Council to a Board of Appeal’s member [on which see here and here]. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 5:59 am
In the spirit of brevity, Merpel will refrain from comment at this time and leave it to her readers to do so. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 8:19 pm
Merpel has heard that there were two votes against. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 11:31 am
A whacking 2.57 million were filed, this representing a 9% increase over 2012 and, in Merpel's opinion, a powerful endorsement of the patent system by its users. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 3:07 am
This moggy noticed a report on the Deltapatents blog of a salutary little decision of T 2157/10 from the Technical Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, dated 14 November 2014, and posted on 3 December 2014 [so some work is still being done at the EPO, despite the strikes, notes Merpel].In opposition Oral Proceedings, the Patentee contested the admissibility of the Opposition. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 12:50 pm
The IPKat and Merpel remind readers that blogposts will continue to appear throughout the end-of-year holiday period, even at those very quiet times when it sometimes seems that the rest of the world has gone to sleep. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 7:25 am
Now, Merpel reports on an unprecedented letter in which the Enlarged Board members express their concerns about the turn of events. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 6:59 am
Merpel still hopes for a further appeal to the BGH. [read post]
