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14 Nov 2014, 9:01 am
Merpel says maybe there's another way of figuring out what the Board intended. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 10:15 am
["Though your ice cream will have probably melted by the time you get to the end of the judgment," chortles Merpel, but the AmeriKat thinks that if that is so, you just aren't eating fast enough.]Lord Justice Floyd - not impressedwith pleading points on appealCourt of Appeal rules for ASSIA's patents in BT Infinity broadband case: Yesterday morning, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in the patent infringement case brought by Adaptive Spectrum… [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 11:30 am
Patent litigation-friendly [is that an oxymoron, wonders Merpel] blog PatLit features a post that explains why the decision in the matter T 0584/09 might have been unduly overlooked. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 1:36 am
Merpel sinks her paws again in the darkest sides of Eponia. [read post]
9 Nov 2014, 2:30 pm
“Well, their invites better not get lost in the post, then”, chides Merpel. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 7:00 am
This Kat has only just seen it and hasn't had much of a chance to dip into it, though he notes that consulting editor is a regular guest contributor to this blog, the excellent Paul England (Taylor Wessing) -- who also contributes a chapter called "Looking ahead to the unitary patent" [some people apparently are, notes Merpel: they include EU bigwigs, some fairly big US corporations who are tired of dealing with a fractured Europe, and a bevy of patent litigation… [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 7:20 am
The basic conclusion of this report is that the attachés are doing a good job, but they could be a bit more proactive [this is important, adds Merpel: a business that doesn't know it has a problem doesn't expend time and effort trying to solve it] and should be more widely known within the community of smaller businesses. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 6:04 am
Recently however, Merpel has been alerted to some further developments that are both newsworthy and raise some interesting legal issues. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 5:23 am
Why not, says Merpel. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 2:44 am
Says Merpel, this should give Russia the option of exporting its labour surplus to the territories of other signatory states in anticipation of their annexation.Parody as a limitation or exception: an Opinion. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 3:05 am
How could this systematic process of emulating others' brands and misleading consumers obtain that success, the Blogmeister and Merpel wonder? [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 8:29 am
The first interesting detail of this new ALAI Opinion is that, unlike its earlier statement, this new document does no longer state that the Opinion was adopted unanimously by the Executive Committe [Merpel wonders why: have people changed their mind? [read post]
31 Oct 2014, 2:57 am
If you are involved in the traditional or online dissemination of IP-related information, or if you edit it or compose it for media release, do join us for what is always a lovely occasion.Nadeem from Nimblebot [now that's a curious business name, thinks Merpel] has written to tell the Kats that he and his colleagues have been working on patent litigation and patent troll issues for a while and that they are helping the CEA [this could be one of any number of organisations that… [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 2:23 am
Merpel thinks there's no problem: she doesn't understand, though, why the brand owners don't fight back by opening their own Aldi lookalike stores and giving the downmarket retail chain a taste of its own medicine ...Aldi renames its cut-price "Beluga" caviare following complaints that it isn't Beluga, hereSaucy Fish Co. gets consent injunction against Aldi hereAldi ruthlessly apes the appearance of top brands hereMoroccanoil fails in passing-off action… [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 2:35 pm
Electronic applications and searchable licences should be mandatory for all IP rights, says Merpel, especially the registered ones]. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 6:22 am
Merpel (who, it should be noted, is very fond of Malta and the Maltese) continues to believe that it is reprehensible for important decisions to be posted in minority languages if translations into the main working languages of the European Union are not made first. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 5:37 am
Says Merpel, isn't it about time that indigenous communities were protected against the misappropriation of their local cultural heritage ...? [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 5:27 am
* News from the EPO - Strike Ballot comes out in favour of a strike Merpel has been sunni [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 8:10 am
Merpel is concerned that the scope of the issue is much wider, and considerably more nuanced, than this. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 3:53 am
Merpel hopes to return to this matter soon. [read post]
