Tuesday's Delights

1 Forthcoming attraction from QMIPRI

The Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute's monthly IP Chat takes house adjacent Monday, xviii July, from 12.30 to 1.30pm inwards the IP Seminar Room of the QMIPRI, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ. The speaker is Daniel Greenberg, of Adlex Solicitors, who volition last speaking nigh Trade Mark Parodies in addition to the Black Labour case (background to the illustration available here). If y'all are planning to attend, delight RSVP here so that the requisite discover of coffees tin last conjured up.


2 Want to purchase whatever Guerillas?

stumbled across this intriguing website yesterday night, promoting the services of Guerilla Marketing Great Britain in addition to likewise offering franchise opportunities. He thinks at that topographic point mightiness only last something pretty pregnant here, but he's non sure. If whatever IPKat readers stimulate got whatever experiences of this outfit, could they allow him know.


3 The problem amongst sense of humor ...

... is that it's soooo subjective. Another late-night abide by past times the IPKat was the IP Funny -- Intellectual Property Humor website. This is a weblog that features some of the to a greater extent than deformed or deficient products of the human intellect that are sometimes the dependent champaign of patent or merchandise score applications.

finds it hard to heighten a smiling when he sees many of these, since he is acutely aware of the chasm that separates the inventor's aspirations from the reality of a chillingly hard marketplace. Merpel says, that only goes to present that cats don't stimulate got a feel of humour.


4 Modernising the Great Britain Design Registry

Thanks to a well-informed friend inwards high places, the IPKat has learned that the Great Britain Patent Office launched a novel consultation practice this forenoon on the modernisation of the Design Registry. This consultation includes a draft Regulatory Reform Order which would improve the Registered Designs Act 1949 past times ending noun exam on the grounds of novelty (i.e. next OHIM). The draft Order likewise liberalises the inspection authorities in addition to allows applications for multiple designs. Finally, it lowers the criterion of proof needed to restore a lapsed blueprint and, which is most welcome, likewise includes a draft of the novel "modernised" in addition to consolidated version of the Rules.

If y'all stimulate got whatever comments on the consultation's proposals, delight shipping them to Janet Folwell at the Patent Office past times non later on than 7 Oct 2005.