tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1848920568955086936..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Green patents in 9 months, digital copyright love-ins and a big hand for the Ethiopian coffee farmersVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73126889915095090292009-04-27T18:05:00.000+01:002009-04-27T18:05:00.000+01:00Has nobody else noticed the inconsistency between ...Has nobody else noticed the inconsistency between the aspiration of granting 'green' patents in double quick time with the vaguely threatening noises coming from various places, including the EPO president, about compulsory licensing of such patents for the public good?David Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336561458060095886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-19277633974965060502009-04-27T15:07:00.000+01:002009-04-27T15:07:00.000+01:00Could someone explain how the rapid granting of "g...Could someone explain how the rapid granting of "green" patents will benefit the environment, preventing others from using the technology. Perhaps the EPO will see fit to start examining my nuclear power applications which have been dormant for many years now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50052723575544254882009-04-27T13:40:00.000+01:002009-04-27T13:40:00.000+01:00No: the text reads "several", but the Minister sai...No: the text reads "several", but the Minister said "seven". There should be no shortage of witnesses!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-89281702083991460892009-04-27T12:58:00.000+01:002009-04-27T12:58:00.000+01:00Having read the text of the speech helpfully provi...Having read the text of the speech helpfully provided, I note that the Minister referred to "several million" and not "seven million"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26810465198004776972009-04-23T14:54:00.000+01:002009-04-23T14:54:00.000+01:00Jeremy,
You're link leads to eating bratwurst in M...Jeremy,<br />You're link leads to eating bratwurst in Munich. I can see you're no EPO examiner either!<br />Re. spaghetti in London - yes but I'll let you convince an Italian that it's really "Italian".<br />Since I've eaten (very good) sushi in Mumbai and Buenos Aires, I'll feel free in future to refer to Indians and/or Argentinians choking on their sushi. No, it doesn't quite ring true...<br />P.S. Weisswurst? Yes, but only on a Wednesday morning and with weissbier (Yuck!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-48175593420816553612009-04-23T14:07:00.000+01:002009-04-23T14:07:00.000+01:00Why does IPKat loathe Wallace & Gromit? I'...Why does IPKat loathe Wallace & Gromit? I've always thought they were rather good! (Is IPkat afraid of Gromit the IPDog?)Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64067740956540702192009-04-23T13:57:00.000+01:002009-04-23T13:57:00.000+01:00"Green patents would be granted within 9 months of..."Green patents would be granted within 9 months of application."<br /><br />Yes, and I just saw a pig fly past my window.<br /><br />Of course, there's nothing which would prevent patents from being granted within an even shorter period...provided that they're granted without examination as to their validity. or are they going to do away with the 18-month period before publication too? Few patent applicants will be happy about that...<br /><br />For first filings, the EPO provides a prior art search and written opinion usually within six months. Something which, if you come to think of it, is quite an achievement. If the patent application is directly ready for grant (which usually isn't the case, especially if the drafter has done a good job of avoiding overly narrow claims), then it could, in theory, be granted there and then...except that, since there may be unpublished conflicting patent applications, this can't be done reliably until at least 18 months after the priority date.<br /><br />Also, what distinguishes a "green" patent from a "polluting" one? Do they smell differently? Is a patent on a pest-resistant GM crop "green" or "brown"?<br /><br />In short, ignorance, demagoguery and wishful thinking at its worst. When one consider that these are the same people predicting the end of the economic crisis within short, it's a terrifying feeling indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-63934637937057427852009-04-23T11:09:00.000+01:002009-04-23T11:09:00.000+01:00Minister says: seeks to 'develop a copyright strat...Minister says: seeks to 'develop a copyright strategy based on a "shared consensus" which would result from a proper debate'.<br /><br />Minister does: strictly behind closed doors creation of ACTA treaty; releases of negotiation drafts described as "threats to national security".<br /><br />In other news: UK copyright law assessed as least consumer-friendly "by far" in survey of 16 countries by Consumer International, due to difficulty of fair use.<br />http://www.managingip.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2182054Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-40378020025173907212009-04-23T09:49:00.000+01:002009-04-23T09:49:00.000+01:00The matter of the 7 million unexamined patent appl...The matter of the 7 million unexamined patent applications is an interesting one. Many of these relate to patent families, i.e. applications claiming a common priority and relating to the same invention, which are pending before several different offices (USPTO, JPO, EPO, APTO, Eurasian PTO etc). It would be interesting to know how many of these 7 million pending applications belong to patent families, in addition to overall numbers of individual applications. It would also be interesting to have a breakdown of how many applications are pending before different offices and how many relate to continuations (CIP) and divisional applications.<br /><br />As for bratwurst, actually in Munich you are far more likely to eat the local "Weisswurst". In the Netherlands, you are highly unlikely to eat either, the local "pannekoeken" or "poffertjes" (popular at children's parties) or for the grown-ups "Fricandel" (Dutch sausage) or something more exotic such as Indonesian fare such as the ubiquitous "saté", which has become as Dutch as curry has become British.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-29974540856605759032009-04-23T09:24:00.000+01:002009-04-23T09:24:00.000+01:00I believe that bratwurst is available even in the ...I believe that bratwurst is available even in the Hague (http://www.newstin.co.in/tag/in/105837916), just as spaghetti is available even in London. And since when has the consumption of bratwurst been limited to Germans? Just as well you're anonymous. <br /><br />I do hope you're not an EPO examiner ...Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-66741242182693829062009-04-23T09:11:00.000+01:002009-04-23T09:11:00.000+01:00Hey! Bratwurst isn't only eaten by Germans. We e...Hey! Bratwurst isn't only eaten by Germans. We eat it often in Milwaukee. (course, Milwaukee was settled by a lot of Germans... but, the Polish decedents there eat it too.)goldenrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257965659017173039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-15684859187919165682009-04-23T09:07:00.000+01:002009-04-23T09:07:00.000+01:00EPO examiners "choking on their bratwurst"? Not in...EPO examiners "choking on their bratwurst"? Not in The Hague... And not all examiners are German...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73074168872987068152009-04-23T06:23:00.000+01:002009-04-23T06:23:00.000+01:00He may be able to deliver some real improvements, ...He may be able to deliver some real improvements, but he only has 12 months in which to do it. Quite a tough call.David Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336561458060095886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-37455908768372596952009-04-23T02:35:00.000+01:002009-04-23T02:35:00.000+01:00Thanks for the summary. I'm excited about the pros...Thanks for the summary. I'm excited about the prospect of the UK including the people in this "share consensus" (even if it does probably make the answer I gave on an exam today utterly wrong). Hopefully, the US will be next.<br /><br />As for the US IP Czar - if Obama ever does decide to appoint one - it's unlikely the Czar would be interested in meaningful exchanges than involve anything other than tightening protections, based on the IP people Obama's appointed so far.<br /><br />(p.s. Merpel, right there with you on the flexibility comment)goldenrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257965659017173039noreply@blogger.com