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7 May 2017, 4:28 am
Back in 2014, Merpel reported that: On 26 March 2014, Mr Perry sent an email to Judge Hacon's clerk, the parties' solicitors and counsel. [read post]
13 Nov 2013, 12:01 pm
You can meet the United Kingdom’s four overseas IP attachés in London next Wednesday, 20 November, thanks to the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which has arranged for all four of them to be in London at the same time [Whoops, that's unfortunate, says Merpel. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 3:26 pm
Some people still regard IP blogs as somewhat ephemeral, insubstantial media, the literary equivalent of hot air -- but there's a lot you can achieve with hot air if it's the right sort of hot air and it's properly managed, which is one reason why the IPKat and Merpel are so appreciative of the efforts of their IP blogging brethren. [read post]
28 May 2013, 11:45 am
The trip is about 1,000 miles, which Anne plans to cover in nine days [plus VAT at 20%, chimes in Merpel]. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 8:44 am
Wails Merpel. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 4:38 pm
The IPKat considers himself a friend of both Sir Robin and Florian Mueller (and so do I, says Merpel); this human amanuensis knows both of them only by their works. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 3:22 pm
coincidentally it happens to be an application for an urgent summary injunction made by Warner-Lambert/Pfizer against Sandoz in respect of alleged patent infringement relating to pregalabine [that's the French for pregabalin, explains Merpel] and "skinny labelling". [read post]
2 Feb 2013, 10:47 am
The terms provide in fact that Google will create a EUR 60m (approx £ 52m) "Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to support transformative French digital publishing initiatives" [Merpel wonders whether perhaps too many beautiful words have been employed here to express a concept which is certainly less sophisticated but perhaps more comprehensible: settlement compensation?]. [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]
11 Jan 2016, 2:09 am
This is something like a 50% increase, observes Merpel, who also predicts that this trend is likely to remain highly positive.Does @chanel belongs to Chanel? [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 1:29 am
Merpel is all in favour of seasonal gifts, and it's no secret that she's a great fan of IP rights -- but she thinks it's only right that whoever is giving those gifts should know in advance that someone is planning to give them on the donor's behalf. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 9:55 am
Now, spurred by publication of the details of the forthcoming ECTA Workshop, "Brand Owners Life Before and After IP TRANSLATOR" (details here) in Alicante on 21 February, Claire has gone one step further and has kindly agreed to allow the IPKat and Merpel to make the full text of her paper "IP TRANSLATOR and OHIM's reaction to it" --the source from which her earlier comments were drawn -- available to their readers, who can read it in full here. [read post]
6 Feb 2013, 3:41 pm
This Kat speaks as the member of CIPA's Congress Committee who enthusiastically supported the idea of making the after-dinner entertainment a bit more fun last year by running the table football tournament [even though he didn't win it, notes Merpel ...]Of Love, Leonardo and the International Lynx. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 6:59 am
Merpel still hopes for a further appeal to the BGH. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 6:23 am
Her lawyers told the High Court in London the fashion chain duped fans and may have damaged her reputation [as if such a thing were possible, snipes Merpel]. [read post]
10 Oct 2014, 5:47 am
Testers can supply feedback using the 'BugHerd' feedback application using the button at the bottom right-hand of the screen (this allows you to click on and highlight certain parts of the prototype, such as fields in forms, and write notes about them).Hargreaves warning On a slightly more familiar ground, ienew UK copyright exceptions, the news is that Prof Ian Hargreaves of the Hargreaves Report has warned [or rather 'threatened', wonders Merpel]… [read post]
23 Jun 2013, 2:40 pm
[Merpel notes that Lorenzo Borghese is better known for his star turns in the U.S. television show The Bachelor and the UK television show Big Brother]. [read post]
2 May 2014, 10:34 am
What ITMA Presidents actually do is a matter of speculation, but what they're supposed to do is to look pretty,do lots of delegating and take full blame responsibility for the policy and direction of the Institute and for maintaining contact with UK legislators and international organisations [Merpel still wants to know why ITMA never got a Charter, like the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), and why indeed ITMA never merged with CIPA either. [read post]
26 Jun 2016, 12:00 am
[Merpel considered correcting Sven on this point by uttering a brilliantly Wildean epigram, but thought better of it.]The forging of a union is a fascinating, messy process. [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 3:06 am
On appeal, the Federal Patent Court referred several questions to the CJEU, which the CJEU answered in joined cases C-217/13 and C-218/13 in 2014.Yep, that's also redThe CJEU namely held that it European law precluded an interpretation of national law according to which, in the context of proceedings raising the question whether a contourless colour mark has acquired a distinctive character through use, it is necessary in every case [Merpel's emphasis] that a consumer… [read post]
