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6 Oct 2014, 3:03 am
The introduction of this paragraph will be interpreted by many as an attempt by the EPO to redress the balance [but how will others interpret it, Merpel wonders]. [read post]
9 Jan 2015, 1:47 am
Merpel, who knows all about John Innes, hopes that the event will prove to be an intellectually fertile one, and that such compost as may be present is confined to bags and not to any of the conference papers: you can however help to ensure the high quality of the presentations by offering to deliver one yourself ...Around the weblogs. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 9:22 am
Merpel offers her condolences to the other candidates and reminds them that they did a lot better than she did.Don't litigate, mediate! [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]
8 Aug 2014, 9:24 am
It has been rumoured that, before releasing the photograph, the photographer made some amendments to the shot [could this be taking the photo into to wonderful world of the Red Bus case, Merpel wonders].Are paintings by cats any different, in legal terms, from selfies taken by monkeys? [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 3:30 am
Says Merpel: the funny thing is that most serious beer drinkers didn't confuse the two Budweisers, despite their identical names, because they knew that there were two beers of the same name and could tell them apart. [read post]
9 Sep 2013, 3:19 am
Merpel's not surprised. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 3:40 am
Readers may already have perused the early thoughts from the IPKat and Merpel on this concept here. as well as a response to some rather immoderate comments by readers of this blog by MIP's Emma Barraclough. [read post]
12 May 2023, 8:19 pm
., issues relating to AI and copyright), and the Government will embark on a new round of copyright review exercise to study issues that are yet to be addressed in the current amendment.We remain hopeful that this amendment and any upcoming (Merpel: yet not too distant) amendments will continue to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as an IP trading hub in Asia. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 2:17 am
Muses Merpel, the joys of balancing fundamental rights always provides the result one just needed... [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 4:03 am
The IPKat and Merpel are always happy to help their readers, particularly when (i) it doesn't cost them anything and (ii) the enquiry is an interesting one. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 4:16 am
Merpel has of course done her best to prove Ruth wrong, with some success: there are actually two whole references to copyright. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 6:00 am
While acknowledging that in practice, copyright has very little impact on the creative practices of graffiti artists [Merpel muses whether this applies to artists in general], she describes the pros and cons of granting copyright protection to such images. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 4:24 am
Merpel is just pleased to see that, for once, a blog post that contains the words "EPO", "robust decision" and "however high the stakes" has nothing to do with industrial action ... [read post]
17 Mar 2014, 1:43 pm
The IPKat and Merpel are delighted to learn that DEFRA (which is the lead ministry charged with the matter of the Nagoya Protocol) has today announced a CONSULTATION on the UK implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.You can access the consultation here.Of course, the consultation cannot affect the scope of the Regulation on Access and Benefit Sharing that is being enacted at EU level. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 12:50 pm
Annsley Merrelle Ward reports on the new guide with a little help from Merpel.* When its comes to "deadwood", leave it in the State of South Dakota and out of Trademark Office policyIs unused "deadwood"really cluttering up trade mark registers? [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 3:25 am
[Merpel, who is very hot on trendy nutrition, nearly spilled her turmeric latte at this point.] [read post]
2 Aug 2020, 11:31 am
Merpel read an interesting publication by Sterzi, Rameshkoumar and Van der Pol on NPE activity, entitled “Non-practicing entities and transparency in patent ownership in Europe” and provided an overview of the publication. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 3:12 am
In the meantime, Merpel comments that, as EPO proceedings seem to get slower and slower, while the commercially valuable life of a patent shrinks and British patent proceedings get faster and faster, prospects of securing a stay of British proceedings ahead of a definitive validity ruling should become increasingly remote. [read post]
25 Feb 2014, 8:33 am
With this vote, the European Parliament signals that it is serious about stopping trade mark counterfeits to protect consumers everywhere and that the EU should show leadership in the global fight against counterfeiting".Readers of this weblog may be as surprised as Merpel was to see such praise heaped on Bernhard Rapkay. [read post]
