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13 Nov 2015, 6:05 am
IPKat readers who have an interest in Chinese IP issues are invited to visit the newly-launched 10 year anniversary website www.10ip.org which seeks to celebrate the achievements of the EU-China IP Dialogue mechanism [before you take a look, says Merpel, can you name any of them?]. [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 6:19 am
[Merpel snorts in frustration - the ITC and USTR websites are live, but have no relevant news updates available due to the US government shutdown.] [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 4:10 am
Merpel is of the view that Birgit should perhaps check the tmdn’s website for other language versions.... - but Birgit is already dashing back to her own little kitten. [read post]
9 Feb 2014, 4:20 am
Merpel's thinking of the environment: grown-up pedal-powered Cozy Coupes would be great for urban use. [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 8:20 am
The announcement, which you can access here, reads as follows:The owners of European patents and international trademarks that want to protect their inventions or trademarks in the Republic of San Marino are required to pay national taxes in San Marino and can not longer avail themselves of the reciprocity of recognition on trademarks, patents and designs sanctioned by art.43 of the Convention San Marino- Italy of 1939 [Merpel adds: this is the Convention of Friendship and Good… [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 9:03 am
Of course, the rule not only applies to the right holder - the successful defendant also profits (Merpel notes that a costly "loser pays" rule may also prevent patent trolling). [read post]
9 Jan 2013, 10:23 am
Merpel thinks she can explain this: some voters may have clicked on each of their preferred answers and then pressed the Vote button just once, assuming that it would work for all three. [read post]
Fresh from the Press: The Pleas in Law of the Spanish Actions against the Unitary Patent Regulations
1 Jun 2013, 8:21 am
This is not the place and not the time to repeat old arguments, but [despite Merpel's warning that this might offend the sensibilities of some readers] one thing cannot be said often enough: False integration can be worse than no integration; and a bad court system is not necessarily better than no court at all. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 7:14 am
Merpel can be a little unreasonable sometimes tooEstablished case law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office indicates that an unreasoned decision by a first instance department constitutes a substantial procedural violation (see T583/04, T1360/05, T1442/09, T180/10 for example), and typically the Board will remit the case back to that lower department. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 8:32 am
The movie hit theatres in 2012 and was released on DVD on last July 17 when the industry -and potential plaintiffs, adds Merpel -have an idea of the gross profit generated- $32 million worldwide. [read post]
22 May 2014, 4:58 am
It may be a while before we get another case like the present one, so Merpel advises to make the most of it.Thanks to Dr Ross Forgan for alerting this Kat to the article. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 8:54 am
Muses Merpel).2. [read post]
CRISPR hearing Day 4: Still a clear cut case of invalid priority, Broad Institute's appeal dismissed
16 Jan 2020, 8:57 am
[In a classic fake news saga, Merpel watched with bemusement today the ongoing proliferation of reports that the Board of Appeal had referred the matter to the EBA].The immediate impact of the referral would have been to prolong the dispute. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 4:05 pm
A novel idea for some celebrity offspring perhaps, Merpel muses, but something the court’s decision itself might address? [read post]
27 Nov 2016, 12:11 pm
Purring Merpel is so proud.On 24 November 2016, The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys became the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA). [read post]
28 Dec 2012, 6:30 am
Merpel's mischievous thought: if the Kat's GoogleSite has been white-listed, does that givehim free rein to violate the terms of use ...? [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 6:41 am
Merpel finds it difficult to believe that a search can be considered diligent if one knows who the copyright owner is] Article 6(2): “The organisations … shall use an orphan work … only in order to achieve aims related to their public-interest missions, in particular the preservation of, the restoration of [this is tricky, says Merpel. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 7:14 am
Merpel finds it difficult to believe that a search can be considered diligent if one knows who the copyright owner is] Article 6(2): “The organisations … shall use an orphan work … only in order to achieve aims related to their public-interest missions, in particular the preservation of, the restoration of [this is tricky, says Merpel. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 3:20 pm
says Merpel). [read post]
8 Jun 2015, 10:55 am
On Class 46, Tiina Komppa explains why the Finns have had more difficulty than many other jurisdictions in accepting PAINT PRO as a trade mark for chemicals for restoring vehicle paintwork [Merpel thinks the Finns have got this one right ...] [read post]
