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9 Mar 2009, 3:59 am
Merpel adds, this is presumably what R&D biased companies spend on getting their patents in the first place, not what it costs to enforce them. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 6:14 am
Merpel says, don't worry: Britain's best tax brains will soon find ways of showing that the income in question isn't derived from patents at all, and the government's coffers will be none the fuller. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 12:35 pm
Either way, Merpel thinks that it is not interesting enough a topic to stop her from munching on her left over Christmas cookies.... or is it? [read post]
18 Nov 2006, 9:26 pm
Merpel adds, it's good to hear from places like the UAE, where we don't often get a chance to see how IP protection works out in practice. [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 1:22 am
Merpel says, "And I thought bona vacantia" was the Latin for a nice holiday ...Abandoned cats here [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 10:59 am
Will their Lordships comment on the permissibility of inserting secret codes into judgments, Merpel wonders. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 9:56 pm
asks Merpel] on the day itself. [read post]
6 Nov 2008, 7:43 pm
Merpel notes that, apart from a paw-full of European countries, there aren't exactly many of the world's economic powers among the 26 contracting states, several of which could probably have put the cost of the party to good use if it could have been pumped into their economy without passing through the hands of corrupt officials.Organise your own Titanic party here [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 4:01 pm
The cynical Merpel notes that the speed at which the public sector makes new rules and procedures for protecting personal data is only exceeded by the rate at which the public sector loses it.Congratulations are due to another blog that has been quietly chugging along: IP Tango. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 9:57 pm
Merpel adds, the problem isn't one of finding fertile ground, it's a problem of whether the Commissioner can cope with all the organic fertiliser that's been generated about the EPLA by people who have little or no real feel for patent disputes, how they arise and how they get resolved.All about the EPLA here (per the European Patent Office) and here (per Wikipedia) [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 3:58 pm
Merpel agrees and says, why not ask the taxpayer if he'd rather subsidise all the scams, jaunts, freebies, porno-videos and third homes enjoyed -- and that's the right word -- by our Parliamentarians, as he is at present, or preserve the national treasure that is our IPO? [read post]
2 Nov 2006, 6:39 am
Merpel says, it's all the fault of those naughty people who created a new form of spelling for SMS messages.The Utube blog (an unofficial blog on YouTube and the video file sharing industry) hereUtube allegedly refuses a $1 million offer from YouTube hereU-tube manometer hereTranslate YouTube into Utube here [read post]
31 May 2007, 10:15 am
Jeremy would like to say "goodbye and thanks" to his many friends at Slaughter and May, with whom he felt privileged to work.Right: waving bye-bye ...Jeremy also looks forward to saying a warm "hello" to his new colleagues and friends at Olswang, who will have no idea what colour the inside of his coffee mugs was before they received their wash (or how many years it took them to get that colour, says Merpel).On a practical note, if you are used to contacting Jeremy at… [read post]
27 Dec 2006, 5:20 am
Hm, adds Merpel. [read post]
3 May 2011, 11:11 am
Merpel is most impressed. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 1:59 am
Merpel is glad to see the elimination of interference proceedings and the introduction of post-grant oppositions, but hopes that the latter will be dealt with more swiftly than those before the European Patent Office.Other comments from GenEngNews, Coalition for Patent Fairness, The Salt Lake Tribune and BetaNews [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]
24 Nov 2014, 7:04 am
Why don’t we try a fast-track for trade mark cases based on likelihood of confusion, Merpel suggests? [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]
30 Jun 2013, 2:43 pm
It has been fun to have you on board [Explanation for new readers: in addition to its regular blogging team, the IPKat and Merpel appoint three guest Kats to join the blog team for a non-renewable period of six months. [read post]
