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13 May 2014, 11:48 pm
Instead, he had to make himself a catalyst [surely katalyst, murmurs Merpel] for the crystallisation of the thoughts and opinions of others. [read post]
13 May 2014, 7:31 am
When eventually the curtain came down and the last revellers prepared to leave, the skies again opened, the rain plummeted to earth and Merpel had a chance to test out her hypothesis that many Hong Kong taxis are water-soluble since she attributes their tendency to vanish within minutes of a precipitation to the fact that they have been dissolved by the Special Administrative Region's acid rain.This Kat would like to offer his thanks in particular to Marty for both the serious… [read post]
10 May 2014, 6:51 am
”While this is true, said the Court, the district court failed to distinguish between the threshold question of what is copyrightable [is this term still correct, wonders Merpel, in an age of non-formalities?] [read post]
8 May 2014, 6:14 am
'Tant pis', Merpel muses in her rusty French.... [read post]
8 May 2014, 4:17 am
., must be interpreted as meaning that it does not afford protection to a geographical designation which has not obtained a Community registration, but that that geographical designation may be protected, should the case arise, under national legislation concerning geographical designations relating to products for which there is no specific link between their characteristics and their geographical origin, provided, however, that, first, the implementation of that legislation does not undermine the… [read post]
8 May 2014, 3:45 am
Panrico opposed, citing a number of earlier national and international word and figurative trade marks, including the Spanish word mark DOGHNUTS, registered for “all kinds of confectionary and pastry products and preparations and products and preparations for sweets and confections; sugar, chocolate, tea, cocoa, coffee and substitutes thereof, vanilla, essences and products and preparations for making caramel cream and cakes, chocolate and sugar-based foodstuffs, ices, candy, chocolates,… [read post]
8 May 2014, 3:32 am
The IPKat and Merpel very much hope for clarification of the position very soon, and (dare it be hoped?) [read post]
7 May 2014, 9:38 pm
This guest blogger would argue that EU law does in fact regulate the breadth of the exceptions -- at least through case law [where have I already heard that, Merpel wonders?] [read post]
7 May 2014, 8:03 am
, wonders Merpel out loud, rubbing her belly after scoffing all four of the above packets).The dispute is still at an early stage, but has started with a bang. [read post]
7 May 2014, 3:42 am
Merpel is also attending to host a sold-out Table Topic on the intellectual property challenges facing cats in the twenty-first century. [read post]
5 May 2014, 2:57 pm
Merpel wants to know why this grandly-named institution seems to have so small a footprint in Europe: is she missing something? [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]
1 May 2014, 3:19 pm
The Board found that the relevant public was the general public in the European Union, deemed to be reasonably well informed and reasonably observant and circumspect [except, says Merpel, when it comes to election time]. [read post]
1 May 2014, 8:36 am
" asks Merpel] bit of this case? [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 1:24 pm
Said Beyond Retro, given the similarity of the marks and the fact that both were for clothing in Class 25, there was bound to be a likelihood of confusion among the relevant class of consumers [presumably people in Europe who wear clothes, guesses Merpel, who is greatly attached to her own fur coat but wears nothing underneath]. [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 11:25 am
Since 1989, there has been significant progress in IP protection in a variety of contries, such as Korea [yet Merpel suspects that the Korea the Report has in mind is South Korea], Australia, Israel, Japan, Qatar, Spain, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay. [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 10:34 am
Subtitled "Practical advice for The New World in US Biotech" [now that's daring, says Merpel. [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 10:02 am
(doubt it, growls Merpel).2. [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 9:09 am
He also pointed out that most German judges would not be impressed by evidence of actual confusion of members of the relevant public [Is that because they require better evidence than evidence of actual confusion, which would be impossible to supply, Merpel muses, or because they still believe that confusion is a state of law and not a state of fact? [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 1:45 am
Accordingly the IPKat, after due consultation with Merpel, thought it might be a good idea to welcome you back with a quick update.Three Kats and friends at the opening of this year's Fordham eventThree Kats (Jeremy, Annsley and Eleonora) attended this year's Fordham Intellectual Property Conference -- an event which we cannot recommend highly enough. [read post]
