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21 Dec 2019, 9:48 am
Once DNA testing is discounted, “[t]he forgeries passed other tests [Merpel notes they included scanning under an electronic microscope, heat absorption and several technical probes regarding the underlying mechanical properties] with flying colors. [read post]
29 Nov 2019, 3:52 am
[Merpel: wouldn’t we all?] [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 5:20 am
[Merpel notes that Prohibition was a failed early 20th century attempt by certain religious groups in the U.S. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 7:53 am
"questions Merpel]. [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]
13 Oct 2019, 5:03 am
Particularly, the process features of a product claim with process features are only novel if the product produced by the process is novel [Merpel: is this sentence in contention for the patent tongue-twister of the year?]. [read post]
29 Sep 2019, 9:09 am
ConclusionMuch more could be said about the report, e.g. that it would have been interesting to include the tax revenue obtained from IPR-intensive industries [Merpel notes that this could end up disappointing readers, with one IP-heavy tech giant allegedly owing as much as $14.3 billion in back taxes…]. [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 4:07 am
Individuals with strong views on this issue [Merpel: such as certain hyperbolic bloggers...], are encouraged to submit their own! [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 1:43 pm
As we eagerly await the Advocate General's opinion in Sky and others [Merpel wonders what could have happened that the announced publication date was missed?] [read post]
26 Aug 2019, 10:33 am
[Merpel notes that over 100,000 copies each year in various versions continue to be sold through the present.] [read post]
15 Aug 2019, 3:05 am
" asks Merpel.]Despite the potentially revolutionary nature of his inventions, Dr Thaler has not published examples in which his "Creative Machines" are tested according to the standards tests for AI algorithms (e.g. as would be demanded for a publication at a major ML conference, such as NeurIPS, ICML or ICLR). [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 6:03 am
In The IPKat team: arrivals, farewells, and news, PermaKat Merpel introduces the new Kats and says goodbye to those Kats who will not continue with the blog. [read post]
31 Jul 2019, 10:21 am
[True, the GDPR has flown largely under the radar, but Merpel keeps insisting that it is significant.] [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 5:33 am
In accordance with s10(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, the selection exercise was open to applicants that satisfied the judicial eligibility condition on a seven-year basis or were Judges of the High Court.As readers know, the soon to be Lord Justice Arnold has issued some of the most important and thought-provoking IP judgments of the past few years whilst sitting in the High Court of England and Wales.He is probably also the holder of the record for the highest number of IP referrals to the… [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 1:54 am
Mr Justice Arnold declined to make any such finding (para. 245) [Merpel: phew].This case in the High Court is unlikely to be the last relating to NIPT. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 3:41 am
" [This Kat likes to think that he is about average in adopting new technology—"hah, hah", says Merpel.] [read post]
30 Jun 2019, 2:48 am
[Merpel has to jump in here - so only a new State bureaucracy can solve the problems of the State's misconduct in facilitating creativity?]. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 6:33 am
Mr Justice Birss felt that "the focus on the minutiae of patent prosecution risks getting out of hand" [Merpel: surely not?]. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 3:56 am
[Merpel says, "no more ursine-based adjectives, please".] [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 4:21 am
Where copyright contents and the printed word are concerned, nothing so divides the over and under 40-year old’s than the cultural role of the library [or at least, as Merpel says, together with the print and ink newspaper format]. [read post]
