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31 Jan 2014, 8:13 am
It provides a unique opportunity to meet more than 40 examiners along with some patent information experts from the EPO [what an awesome prospect, murmurs Merpel, who wonders if the English language, with all its stolen wealth of words, has a special collective term for patent examiners]. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 1:23 am
Quite right, says Merpel. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 9:30 am
Although incidentally Javier is currently also Vice President for Regulatory Affairs (EMEA) at Hewlett-Packard, he wrote on a personal/professorial [is there are a difference, wonders Merpel?] [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 8:53 am
Yesterday morning, at precisely 10.28 am, the IPKat and Merpel launched an exciting event scheduled for the afternoon of 1 April, "Online copyright + enforcement = happiness?" [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 1:58 am
Such a difference did not therefore create on the part of the relevant public an impression sufficiently far removed from that produced by the geographical name referred to by the earlier GI [CASTEL and Castell do sort of sound the same, thinks Merpel, but this doesn't seem to have been an issue. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 12:22 am
., another telco with a very orange brand image [although those two oranges were slightly different, Merpel notes: the Orange’s orange looks much more orange than the Jazz's other orange], which brought opposition alleging lack of distinctive character. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 3:40 am
Merpel for once agrees. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 2:28 am
The IPKat and Merpel are delighted to investigate this question at length in the course of a forthcoming event, kindly hosted by their friends in the London office of law firm Bristows LLP. [read post]
27 Jan 2014, 10:08 am
says Merpel. [read post]
27 Jan 2014, 7:41 am
Damages are quite another matter, he adds: the user of the patent would expect to pay for the privilege whether he was a licensee or not, so the question there is not so much a question of restriction as one of quantum.Don't be so narrowly-focused, says Merpel: there's far more at stake here than a question of what to about patent infringement. [read post]
26 Jan 2014, 9:01 am
The AmeriKat experiences the rush of true love withHollandaise sauceHollandaise sauce. [read post]
25 Jan 2014, 7:41 am
There is plenty.This particular mewsing is occasioned by the IPKat and Merpel sharing a saucer of milk the other day with their dear friend Katsandra (geddit?). [read post]
24 Jan 2014, 6:56 am
Says Merpel, there will have to be something in it for taxi drivers, who are presumably at risk of receiving less by way of fare income ...A spot of deregulation: where one blocking power is enough. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 2:13 am
This is an appropriate response to viral accusations ... which perhaps could have been easily avoided in the first place [for instance just by reading this blog, sighs Merpel]***'Copyright' in Larousse dictionary here and 'mot d’auteur' here Pearls, gems and cats herePearl Jam on Twitter here" [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 11:15 pm
Over on the SPC Blog, thanks to Alex Robinson (Dehns) there's news of yet another reference for a preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on a supplementary protection matter, this time involving Pneumococcal Polysaccharides and Synflorix [Merpel gets the giggles here: to her, the former sounds like a Greek shipping tycoon, the latter like a character from Asterix]. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 3:25 pm
the correct answer to the question is that the applicant must prove that a significant proportion of the relevant class of persons rely upon the trade mark (as opposed to any other trade marks which may also be present) as indicating the origin of the goods [a tough requirement, says Merpel: ask yourself whether, however much you love Kit-Kats, you have ever relied upon the shape in determining whether what you've bought is a Kit-Kat or some other specimen of confectionery].I consider… [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 10:59 am
This was also the era in which correct pronunciation, with good diction, might spare a child the indignity of corporal punishment or a school detention if he could not deliver a sufficiently precise Pschitt.Says Merpel, given that a mark's audio impact is a vital part of its scope of protection, particularly in Europe, where sound is one of the "holy trinity" of a mark's identity along with its visual impact and conceptual meaning, there must be a strong argument for choosing word… [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 9:01 am
In the chair is Sir Colin Birss [the IP judge who nearly rhymes with "purrs", notes Merpel].In keeping with time-honoured IPKat custom and with the kind cooperation of Blaca, admission is free. [read post]
19 Jan 2014, 2:33 pm
Kay's post also seeks to highlight the work the CGIAR Consortium is collectively doing on a policy level to support good practice in this area.Some time later this year, at a mutually convenient date and when Kay is in London, the IPKat and Merpel hope to host a meeting at which Kay and Kat team member Darren Smyth -- who has focused on many problem issues arising from the Nagoya Protocol in recent Katposts (see eg here, here and here) -- will chat about their respective positions,… [read post]
19 Jan 2014, 7:20 am
The IPKat and Merpel do their best to follow events, but they rely very much on the eyes and ears of their friends and relations in order to supplement their own efforts. [read post]
