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10 Nov 2009, 4:11 am
Merpel adds, is this increase (i) a ringing endorsement of the local legal system, (ii) a reflection of the increased volume of infringement, (iii) a direct consequence of the Intellectual Property Office's campaigns to raise awareness of IP rights or (iv) an inevitable result of the fact that the number of IP rights of all varieties, and the number of means of infringing them, just keeps on rising? [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 1:59 am
If so ... ... on 12 June 2012, the Second Annual LexisNexis Butterworths Standards and Patents in ICT conference will be held in London, the City of Olympic Dreams [says the IPKat] and Public Transport Nightmares [says a naughtily cynical Merpel]. [read post]
25 Jun 2009, 1:24 am
Merpel agrees and says, how refreshingly pleasant it is to see a court these days which has a kind word for any sort of literal interpretation: I'd almost forgotten that words come with meanings and are not all wrapped in meta-text. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 12:58 pm
Quite right, says Merpel, and spare a thought for how much reading our Turkish readers will have to do in order to catch up with all the IPKat's posts while the ban was operative. [read post]
13 May 2010, 3:19 pm
Merpel agrees, adding that the best thing about Open Source is the way it demonstrates how consensual arrangements can build on unpopular and/or defective statutory regimens in a constructive and beneficial manner. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 2:24 am
Merpel says no, it's more a sort of IP fanatic's Woodstock.The good news for IPKat readers is this: there's a 25% discount on the registration fee for every IPKat reader who is a first-time registrant. [read post]
12 Mar 2007, 9:59 am
Merpel agrees and adds: freedom to use the internet has been hopelessly abused and the i-environment is polluted beyond belief. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 5:20 pm
Merpel says, since Chubb could not in any event stop Minimax using its own name, was this a bit of a dog-in-the-manger opposition? [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 2:30 pm
The moral of this story according to Merpel is rather more simplistic: use a photo of ICE type 1 when you are writing about ICE type 1. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 2:45 pm
Merpel says, can any reader tell her what the underlying dispute is all about? [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 10:11 am
The Ombudsman has powers to “put things right” if the service a consumer receives from a lawyer was not satisfactory [Gosh, says Merpel, I wonder how he does that, particularly if it involves missing a European Patent Office or OHIM deadline]. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 3:14 am
Merpel wonders why sauces have to double up their names. [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 12:30 pm
Merpel thinks that the Patent Office just don't like patenting things to do with having fun. [read post]
12 Jan 2007, 12:29 am
Merpel says, that might not be the only fight, if Disney cuts up rough over Donald Duck or, worse, allegedly vindictive litigants McDonalds put duck on their fast-food menu. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 3:56 am
He's also feeling smug that, with the benefit of nothing more than his 20/20 hindsight and the assistance of a cluster of international experts, at the MARQUES conference Community Designs Workshop he was able to construct a portfolio of Community designs and Community trade marks that would have enabled Diageo to blast Pitcher's off the market without the need for any settlement (see Class 99 here for further details).Merpel adds: this looks like a big win for Sainsbury's in… [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 3:48 pm
Merpel says, don't get carried away; every manager of one brand - which he fights for tooth and nail - is also the consumer of many more. [read post]
11 Jan 2009, 9:52 pm
Merpel, however, wonders why the word "bribe" doesn't seem to appear anywhere ...Cats and corruption here and here [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 1:51 am
Merpel agrees and adds: if for the sake of reality they don't blank out swear-words or nudity, it seems silly to blot out Apple logos, doesn't it? [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 1:52 pm
Merpel's a little disappointed, though. [read post]
10 May 2007, 7:16 am
Merpel says: but we all know the problems - you can't realistically check out the credentials of most of the people who are advertising their businesses on the internet, and even the European Court of Justice doesn't find it easy to explain which goods are legitimate and which are not. [read post]
