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14 Dec 2014, 7:16 am
The IPKat and Merpel do their best, but are always grateful to receive a little outside assistance from time to time. [read post]
13 Dec 2014, 9:01 am
Yesterday the IPKat reminded readers that this blog does not refuse to post comments with which he and Merpel disagree. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 5:04 am
For the record, Merpel has herself posted the following at 12:09:00 GMT:"Merpel has moderated all the comments on this thread this morning. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 11:33 pm
Maybe Merpel knows someone? [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 4:15 am
At times like these, Merpel can sit back and let the real heavy-hitters from across Europe step into the ring. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 1:07 pm
Just when Merpel thought her week could not get any more exciting, she’s proved wrong. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 12:31 am
In the present case, trehalose is being used to stabilise lyophilised (freeze-dried - like your instant coffee - informs Merpel) preparations of herceptin, the (now) well-known anticancer drug.But then, joy of joys, it turns out that Mr Justice Birss has, in a judicial first, cleared the fog and finally made sense of product-by-process claims. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 4:23 am
Last night, Merpel reported the unprecedented complaint from the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal to the governing Administrative Council (AC) regarding the behaviour of Benoit Battistelli, EPO President, asking the AC to impose “a clear limitation on the executive power”.In a footnote, Merpel mentioned another letter, from Dr Tilman Müller-Stoy to Christoph Ernst. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 4:33 pm
As Merpel reported last night, the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has written to seek the Administrative Council's intervention to protect its judicial independence, while a partner in the hugely respected German law firm of Bardehle has written to express his disquiet. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 1:21 pm
The letter from the Enlarged Board should dispel any preconceptions that the current troubles at the EPO and the complaints about Mr Battistelli are confined to a few disgruntled examiners looking to protect their cushy jobs (a view she has heard from several quarters).Merpel wishes to note in passing that she has also been provided with a translation of a letter from Dr. [read post]
7 Dec 2014, 3:29 pm
* Merpel revisits the EPO strikeMerpel again sinks her paws in the EPO strike issue. [read post]
7 Dec 2014, 2:32 pm
One such piece is "IP and Competition: A Survey of Developments in the Past Year" [Merpel's always happy to see "IP" ahead of "Competition" in the context of the European Union, where the reality is sadly the other way round ...]. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 4:22 am
It is in German, but Merpel found that Google translate did a pretty wonderful job. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 12:45 am
Merpel hopes that one of our readers will buy it ... [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 3:34 am
[probably not: it is true that para 34 in Cassina referred to "acts entailing a transfer of ownership", but it would not seem that an offer that is not followed by an actual purchase could be considered as an act entailing a transfer of ownership]Merpel's buen retiro, obviously Bauhaus-styleBackgroundKnoll International SpA is an Italian company that trades in furniture. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 8:12 pm
Merpel catches up on herincoming EPO mail ...In recent posts here and here Merpel has been spreading the word concerning the increasing disquiet and anxiety felt by her and many others regarding the running of the European Patent Office, its staff relations, finances and other issues. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 9:34 am
This is true in the case of every situation of industrial action that Merpel can remember. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 5:36 am
Says Merpel, the obvious solution to the decline in Canadian innovation is to leave off the maple syrup ...* Idgie the Cat is commended as the only blog that appears to link cats to maple syrup [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 7:35 am
The judge construed this to include masked phosphates, such as were to be found in the Gilead drug candidate sofosbuvir (masked by a phenol group and a phosphoramidate group, Merpel informs chemists). [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 5:51 am
Merpel has just heard that European Patent Office employees are taking to the streets of Munich to express their extreme anxiety and disquiet at the state of governance of the office that, if things go according to plan, will soon be responsible for administering the unitary patent system that will provide patent protection across almost all of the European Union's Member States. [read post]
