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17 Nov 2016, 9:05 am
Either way, Merpel reminds the Administrative Council members that the AC exists only by virtue of the EPC. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 1:33 pm
Firings will continue until morale improves - Merpel revisits the EPOMerpel growls in disappointment at the dismissal of Laurent Prunier, Secretary of SUEPO The Hague and member of the EPO’s Central Staff Committee. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 9:37 am
Firings will continue until morale improves - Merpel revisits the EPOLaurent Prunier, the Secretary of SUEPO The Hague and a member of the EPO's Central Staff Committee was fired by the EPO President, Benoit Battistelli.Will too much of one and not enough of the other spell bad news for innovation? [read post]
7 Nov 2016, 2:31 am
Merpel can save readers the bother of waiting for the inevitable press release at the conclusion of this process. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 5:24 am
  Merpel will continue to monitor developments as further instalments of the Access to Information documents are released. [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 2:35 am
 Merpel gleefully reminds the IPKat that this part of the decision is strictly obiter and therefore non-binding (since the findings on validity and abuse of process make the infringement issue moot), but only a fool would disregard it. [read post]
21 Oct 2016, 12:15 am
(Then, Merpel presumes, the judge returned to his game of bowls pending the full trial of the action). [read post]
20 Oct 2016, 6:53 am
  [There is no right under competition law to launch an infringing product, says Merpel!]. [read post]
16 Oct 2016, 6:57 am
Unless you're interviewing Merpel with her breaking news stories,it's difficult to invoke successfullyThis said, the Court also recalled that in ACI Adam the CJEU suggested that copyright exceptions must be applied by courts in compliance with the three-step test in Article 5(5) of the InfoSoc Directive [on this point, ie who the addressees of the three-step test in this piece of EU legislation, see here]. [read post]
15 Oct 2016, 5:05 am
 [Merpel's insurer doesn't know how much catnip she consumes.] [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 8:10 am
Merpel's silhouetteThe applicant’s further claim that there would be no general interest in requiring that a representation such as that in the present case be available because there are practically unlimited ways of depicting body-builders was regarded as irrelevant. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 3:55 am
[Merpel has been nostalgia-watching a lot of Inspector Morse recently, and is happy to note he uses all three techniques.] [read post]
28 Sep 2016, 10:03 am
In a political environment where Prime Minister May is applauded for her "under the radar" approach, it seems unlikely to Merpel that any noise, no matter how positive, from European industry will make the UPC politically palatable to the current UK regime, at least publicly. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 5:32 pm
 The final debate focused on patent issues, in particular features of patent office post grant challenges, widely available and seen as a cheaper way to achieve freedom to operate in a patent landscape where there can be dense follow-on patent real estate ["Or thickets, if you are trying to appeal to the judge" declares Merpel]. [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]
16 Sep 2016, 1:13 am
[Merpel is sceptical of the one-size-fits-all approach, but a useful provocation.]The rules need to allow from innovation from the outside"Copyright protection iscast too widely. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 3:20 am by Ben
', says Merpel], getting rid of the no-general monitoring obligation "could ultimately result in the market for hosting services becoming increasingly difficult to access ... [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 3:20 am by Ben
', says Merpel], getting rid of the no-general monitoring obligation "could ultimately result in the market for hosting services becoming increasingly difficult to access ... [read post]