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4 Sep 2020, 10:54 am
The IPKat team (including Merpel) is delighted to congratulate Richard Meade QC on his appointment as a Justice of the (English) High Court. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 7:36 am
Both the IPKat and Merpel would like once again to express their sincerest gratitude to all their readers, contributors and commentators for helping the blog to reach this milestone. [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]
26 Nov 2015, 3:59 pm
But most of all I shall miss Merpel …Bye! [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 7:19 am
There is probably need to recall neither the background story nor what a macaque looks like: everybody knows already but, just in case, here you go.The update on this story is that, following much copyright-related speculation, YOU can now have your say by selecting one of the following options:The monkey owns the copyright: she's the author, after all [this is fairly reasonable, just look at the IPKat: he has never doubted that Merpel - his favourite feline - owns the copyright to the… [read post]
19 Apr 2013, 4:30 am
Perhaps surprisingly, given his long experience of and commitment to intellectual property law, he is replacing not Sir Christopher Floyd in the Patents Court (where Colin has recently been sitting quite a bit in recent times) but another recently-elevated judge whose experience of intellectual property law scarcely extends beyond creamy yoghurts (here and here) and partially clothed minor celebrities [Merpel says, it's obvious that he should replace Briggs J, since their… [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 12:59 pm
Merpel welcomes Mr. [read post]
22 May 2023, 7:03 am
Book reviewsHayleigh Bosher reviewed the book entitled “Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage” edited by Irini Stamatoudi.Other Merpel issued the latest Katcall as the IPKat is seeking Expressions of Interest for GuestKat and InternKat posts. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 7:25 am
”While the male to female sex ratio is reflected in a birthrate of 101 men to every 100 women, Merpel thinks that women are a majority because they tend to live more than 101 years for every 100 lived by men (there are some interesting statistics here). [read post]
16 Sep 2016, 3:23 am
We continue to owe a huge debt to the wisdom and foresight of our beloved founder Jeremy Phillips for envisaging this enduring structure back when blogging was not a well established model for legal debate and commentary.So our thanks from the IPKat and Merpel to all in the IP community who continue to read and support the blog. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 2:10 am
Like all IPKat events, it's freeWe've received news of some late cancellations [thanks for letting us know, says Merpel], which means that we now have some more spaces to spare. [read post]
14 Feb 2023, 1:32 am
Merpel is delighted to announce that she has always been is now a cover model, featured on the front of an edited collection, curated to celebrate the 20th birthday of her best friend, The IPKat! [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 6:35 am
The Kat, together with Merpel, just wanted to take this opportunity to say another big "thank-you" to their readers from all around the world who have kept on visiting their blog and whose comments, criticisms and witticisms have both educated them and enriched their understanding of IP and how it works.Thanks are also due to the many regular and guest Kats past and present, plus our occasional guest contributors, for keeping a regular flow of at least passably interesting… [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 1:45 am
Merpel says, wouldn't it be fun if anyone could come up with a good parody of Bohemian Rhapsody in which, instead of shooting a man, the man confesses to taking out a sprayed gorilla ... [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 3:45 am
The IPKat team, including Merpel, wishes to congratulate Sir Richard once again on this very well-deserved appointment and looks forward to commenting on his future judgments as Lord Justice of Appeal! [read post]
28 May 2014, 5:57 am
After Merpel's news relating to "unrest" at the EPO yesterday (see here), some much less controversial, indeed happy patent news. [read post]
12 Aug 2013, 10:35 am
That would explain it, says Merpel. [read post]
17 Nov 2015, 11:24 am
Siegfried Broß is probably better known to Merpel's German-speaking readers than her English-speaking ones. [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]
5 Feb 2015, 11:29 am
Merpel has also received the following analysis. [read post]
