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3 Mar 2014, 3:35 pm
In all this, Merpel wonders whether copyright subsists in this selfie at all, ie whether the selfie is sufficiently original. [read post]
3 Mar 2014, 3:37 am
The IPKat and Merpel therefore salute occasional guest contributor Paul England (Taylor Wessing) on notching up another birthday and thank him for the following note on a recent ruling from the Patents Court, England and Wales:Deep fat fryer patent almost gets its chipsEnglish chipsIt is perhaps a testament to the enduring love affair between the British and chips [called "French fries" by our American cousins, who reserve the term "chips" for something quite different, notes… [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 4:24 am
.* The consent order settled litigation which had lasted a long time and engendered a degree of bad feeling [True, says Merpel, but what does that have to do with the construction of its terms? [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 3:30 am
Such a communication must be authorised by the authors [Merpel would say - more correctly - copyright holders], who must, in principle, receive adequate compensation. [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 2:27 am
That's quite progressive stance, notes Merpel. [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 3:07 pm
Good news from INTA's Carin is thatTo help law students make their way to the Annual Meeting, we have a scholarship program that provides a complimentary registration to the meeting and up to $500 travel reimbursement [is that US dollars or Hong Kong dollars, wonders Merpel]. [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 7:06 am
“The intellectual property is the idea of the dish” [is this an application of the Red Bus principles, sniffs Merpel?] [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 4:26 am
As explained by helpful resource EU Law Radar [to which - sighs once again Merpel - it is not however possible to subscribe to receive email updates] and the Goethe Institut, the background to this case is as follows.... [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 4:12 am
Well, this is a sort-of-copyright case, isn't it, says Merpel who adds: "be careful what you wish for!"]. [read post]
25 Feb 2014, 2:49 pm
Merpel, as one might expect, remains impenitent. [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]
24 Feb 2014, 11:25 am
Details, the Kat learns from Robert Watson, can be found on the FICPI-UK website here [be quick or be disappointed, says Merpel, the closing date for bookings is this Friday, 28 February]. [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 11:19 am
Merpel can't understand why either party wants to use the word MERCK. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 1:41 am
When this will be, wonders Merpel? [read post]
20 Feb 2014, 4:08 am
Merpel thinks this litigation was a waste of time: the two parties could have fought it out, using their finely honed martial skills, with the winner getting to "keep" the mark. [read post]
20 Feb 2014, 2:40 am
With its interdisciplinary approach and detailed studies of digitization in the arts, media and cultural industries, the Handbook provides accessible material for a range of courses ..".This blogger was quite prepared not to like this book, both because he suspected it of being top-heavy with economics [and, says Merpel, because it wasn't his idea in the first place]. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 11:36 am
WIPO's panellist was, however, not persuaded and decided not follow this novel argument:"In order to establish this [Merpel: that is unregistered trade mark rights and in consequence that the Disputed Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to one of the Complainants’ trademarks in the sense of Paragraph 4(a)(i) UDRP], the Complainants have provided evidence of a tweet on January 12, 2013 which included the phrase “La Bomba Ibiza”. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 9:09 am
CharlotteAndrewThe IPKat, Merpel and all the team are delighted to congratulate not one, not two, but three new intellectual property Queens' Counsel whose appointments have just been announced in the latest Silk Round.* Charlotte May QC (8 New Square). [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 8:40 am
(iv) In making his decisions the trial judge will have regard to the whole of the sea of evidence presented to him, whereas an appellate court will only be island hopping [a cute metaphor, says Merpel, but is it a meaningful one?]. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 3:59 am
It won't just make Francis's day, but will actually be of some value in assessing attitudes towards copyright [or what's left of it, Merpel thinks]. [read post]
