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16 Aug 2015, 4:01 pm
Darren explains why proceedings before the EPO can be such fun, if you are not a litigant. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 1:45 am
One-time guest Kat Darren Meale recites the problems faced by independent brands in recent times in the British Courts against lookalike specialists Aldi, reminding the UK's Minister for IP that these issues still await attention. [read post]
2 Aug 2015, 4:01 pm
Marks tells all.* Smith & Nephew seek to go to the Supreme Court and EPO proceedings continue - the war is not overAfter many posts on Smith & Nephew v Convatec (Court of Appeal judgment here, here, and here; first instance judgment of Mr Justice Birss here), Neil covers the last episodes of the series, both in the UK and in Eponia.* Best thing since sliced bread -- or even better? [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 9:35 am
* India's claims to Traditional Knowledge washed up and spat outLast week (and even before then, here and here), Darren has expressed concerns that many cited examples of alleged expropriation of Traditional Knowledge simply do not stand up to scrutiny. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 2:43 am
The trouble with TK is that there is a very unbalanced dialogue between the parties involved in the debate moving towards a proper international TK system, writes Darren. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 3:51 am
Nikos tells all.* Convatec v Smith & Nephew: why the Court of Appeal was wrongThe IPKat has reported already twice on the interesting Court of Appeal, England and Wales, decision in Smith & Nephew Plc v ConvaTec Technologies Inc, relating to ConvaTec's patent EP (UK) 1,343,510 on silverised wound dressings (see Jeremy here and Darren here). [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 9:36 am
.* Not so secret agent: when Bond isn't 007 but 0.77In "The wounded patent survived, was only just infringed, but no injunction", here, Darren wrote about the decision of Birss J in Smith & Nephew Plc v ConvaTec Technologies Inc [2013] EWHC 3955 (Pat), a technically detailed case which amused Merpel, who commented that a case that started off being basically about chemistry ended up being basically about mathematics. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 6:12 am
In "The wounded patent survived, was only just infringed, but no injunction", here, fellow Kat Darren wrote about the decision of Birss J in Smith & Nephew Plc v ConvaTec Technologies Inc [2013] EWHC 3955 (Pat), a technically detailed case which amused Merpel, who commented that a case that started off being basically about chemistry ended up being basically about mathematics. [read post]
7 May 2015, 7:14 am
Shawn Davis, 44, Huntersville, North Carolina. and Darren Eugene Littles, 47, Charlotte, North Carolina, were sentenced to prison by U.S. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 3:56 am
So starts a hypothetical but not-so-unreal conversation between a client and his patent attorney, subtly crafted by Darren in dialogue form.* CJEU publishes its 2014 Report: more and more cases, fewer and fewer AG Opinions? [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 4:18 am
* The IPKat is again Irate - more misinformation about the Unitary Patent PackageA post from the European Commission and tweeted by the European Patent Office on the new EU patent package has ignited Darren's fuse. * Dior trade mark registration: are you being Sirous? [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 12:50 pm
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising [here and here are earlier katposts] might look not so attractive for the IP professions, but they are wrong, as the Nagoya-to-go-person Darren explains in this step-by-step Q&A that Jeremy enthusiastically re-launches.* The IPKat and his friends: a round-up of some IP weblog news Every three months or thereabouts, the IPKat and Merpel give… [read post]
6 Apr 2015, 7:31 am
Darren provide further food for thoughts on the recent couple of Board of Appeal decisions G2/12 Tomatoes II and G3/12 Broccoli II, which related to an exception to patentability and which David reported on this weblog a few days ago.* BREAKING NEWS: It's official -- the law is an ASOS, or is it an ASSOS ...? [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 8:37 am
Smith was born and raised in Charlotte. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 2:46 am
Thankfully, Darren was able to oblige. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 12:23 pm
That Order is the logical consequence of a remark made in the first judgment, Pfizer’s application for an interim injunction, observes Darren.* Seiko and Seiki in Singapore: "too well known to be confused"Sometimes a trade mark is so sufficiently well known that consumers are not considered likely to be confused between it and an uncomfortably similar mark. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 2:43 pm
Never too late 32 [week ending Sunday 8 February] –- Brazilian PTO’s delays | The Research Handbook on International Intellectual Property reviewed | Laura Smith-Hewitt | IP, women and leadership: the poll responses | Decline of West’s trust in innovation | Wikipedia public domain photos |CJEU in Case C-383/12 P Environmental Manufacturing LLP v OHIM | The Nordic IP Forum | The future of EPO’s BoA | Warner-Lambert v Actavis Mark 2 | Dragons' Den: where… [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 1:15 am
* Laura Smith-Hewitt… is categorically is an examiner -- some readers should get over it. [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 6:00 am
Below the fold is Version 3.1 of the census of law prof Twitter users. [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 4:44 am
Below the fold is Version 3.0 of the census of law prof Twitter users. [read post]
