tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post188149589536400934..comments2024-03-29T09:21:58.696+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Instant response! IPO bows to Kat comment, changes logoVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-69596634885784717242013-01-31T22:21:36.281+00:002013-01-31T22:21:36.281+00:00As a PS, I just had a look at the IPO's latest...As a PS, I just had a look at the IPO's latest customer feedback update, covering the last quarter of 2012. It includes 80 pages of "informal" complaints, mostly concerning invoices for renewals from official-sounding outfits. About a quarter of these are from the "Intellectual Property Agency" (IPA), which operates from a UK address. Evidently the IPO doesn't consider Section 112 PA1977 can be used to deal with the IPO-IPA confusion that people are evidently having, as the IPO's advice is "Consult Trading Standards". Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72775095837913492592013-01-31T20:46:20.155+00:002013-01-31T20:46:20.155+00:00Hear Hear, Alan! I seem to recall that there was a...Hear Hear, Alan! I seem to recall that there was a fashion for renaming what were perfectly good and well-known company names (remember the fiaspco with the Post Office's "consiginia" ?) .<br /><br />I wonder if the use of the trading name "Intellectual Property Office" has diluted the effectiveness of Section 112 of the 1977 Act, given that a number of organisations were using Intellectual Property or IP in their trading names before the Patent Office decided to use it. I do not think that a commercial organisation whose exclusivity in their well-known and well-respected name was enshrined in an act of parliament would lightly stop using it. Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38121558968698580852013-01-31T18:49:09.465+00:002013-01-31T18:49:09.465+00:00The logo which didn't entirely suit Jeremy'...The logo which didn't entirely suit Jeremy's canon reminds me very much of the staircase atop the <a href="http://radio-bip.qc.ca/etc1/ztmp0129.jpg" rel="nofollow">Palais Royal</a> métro station in Paris, which to my eyes looks like a (royal) crown made of beads. The <a href="http://nicolas.blog.lemonde.fr/2007/10/27/une-bouche-de-metro-baroque-a-paris/" rel="nofollow">work</a>, entitled "<a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Kiosque_des_noctambules" rel="nofollow">le kiosque des noctambules</a>", was commissioned for the network's centennial in 2000 to artist Jean-Michel Othoniel. It did draw as much controversy as the bug-eyed architecture of Hector Guimard did in its time. I personally quite like it. <br /><br />On the other hand, the IPO's beady crown leaves me rather indifferent, I'm somewhat more concerned by the conservative return to outdated symbols of monarchy and imperial power. But who am I to criticize, I'm just a colonial.<br /><br />The overgrown kitten and the fancy pony vanished from the cover page of British patent documents at just about the same time the EPC entered in force, with the numbering of the patents issued under the new law beginning at GB2000001.<br /><br />In view of the current debate about the UK's relationship with Europe, I feel that a return to the old symbols is rather ominous...Roufousse T. Fairflynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-30652954794516135692013-01-31T10:49:11.768+00:002013-01-31T10:49:11.768+00:00As a Welsh man I take great offence that the curre...As a Welsh man I take great offence that the current logo "symbolises the main product of Wales... rain drops"<br /><br />It doesn't rain here that often, honest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-5406009792919251982013-01-31T10:33:16.602+00:002013-01-31T10:33:16.602+00:00Modern times ....
We're not amusedModern times ....<br />We're not amusedElizabeth Windsornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-50809032334777247362013-01-31T10:28:34.823+00:002013-01-31T10:28:34.823+00:00Alan White
Please note that unrepealed section 62...Alan White<br /><br />Please note that unrepealed section 62 of the Patents and Designs Act 1907(c.29) states (with added emphasis): "The Treasury my continue to provide for the purposes of the Patents Act 1977 ... an office with all requisite buildings and conveniences,which SHALL BE CALLED THE PATEBT OFFICE"Alan Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-4738783378497916302013-01-31T10:10:06.367+00:002013-01-31T10:10:06.367+00:00The official description of the lion and unicorn i...The official description of the lion and unicorn in this coat of arms:<br /><br />Dexter a lion rampant gardant Or imperially crowned Proper, sinister a unicorn Argent, armed, crined and unguled Or, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or<br /><br />It could almost be a patent claim...Markhttp://www.ipdraughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-79023295212015448682013-01-31T10:07:08.554+00:002013-01-31T10:07:08.554+00:00@Richard Smith
I believe they changed from that l...@Richard Smith<br /><br />I believe they changed from that logo to the present one in December 2008. So that makes 3 logos in 7 years!SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533346450129049222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65769586871528094152013-01-31T10:06:17.368+00:002013-01-31T10:06:17.368+00:00@Richard Smith
I believe they changed from that l...@Richard Smith<br /><br />I believe they changed from that logo to the present one in December 2008. So that's 3 logos in 7 years!SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533346450129049222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-91738592061570611162013-01-31T10:04:38.997+00:002013-01-31T10:04:38.997+00:00This is clearly a nice way of referring to the fut...This is clearly a nice way of referring to the future. The change in logo (from the rainy old one to the new unicorn one) comes from the Blade Runner film, in which it rains a lot and in which a unicorn dream sequence allows [SPOILER ALERT] the main character played by Harrison Ford to discover who he really is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-32849510285748367362013-01-30T21:27:29.425+00:002013-01-30T21:27:29.425+00:00Jeremy, how can you say that the unicorn is a fict...Jeremy, how can you say that the unicorn is a fictional beast? Haven't you watched the Harry Potter movies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-24211543610167831352013-01-30T20:36:09.499+00:002013-01-30T20:36:09.499+00:00I can't believe Her Majesty's Government c...I can't believe Her Majesty's Government chose Helvetica Neue. Haven't they seen <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817" rel="nofollow">the movie</a>?Anna Ronkainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199171273603144347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-89174005204229657342013-01-30T18:16:22.448+00:002013-01-30T18:16:22.448+00:00Bravo Kats. What a pity they didn't take your...Bravo Kats. What a pity they didn't take your advice about appointing an IP Tsar thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58525363158335827232013-01-30T17:54:25.431+00:002013-01-30T17:54:25.431+00:00Congratulations to the IPkat Jeremy for being able...Congratulations to the IPkat Jeremy for being able to be heard and responsible for such a great improvement.<br /><br />I wanted to bring your attention to a copyright UK 'satellite group' for an online short course. Some of the IPKat readers could be interested, not only because it's free and online, but mainly because of the high quality of the online material made available by the Berkman Center fellows and Professor W. Fisher (YouTube video lectures, an excellent Mindmap presentation and other jurisprudence materials). More is said here: http://clarinettesblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/would-you-like-to-join-copyrightx-to-learn-more-about-copyright-issue/<br />Please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested as the course has just started and join our G+ community community CopyrightX. Tara TaubmanTARAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942980681602816232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-27868169762202627292013-01-30T17:48:44.655+00:002013-01-30T17:48:44.655+00:00It isn't all that long ago since their last lo...It isn't all that long ago since their last logo change, is it? 2006?<br /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060602010520im_/http://www.patent.gov.uk/frontpg/fp_09.jpg" rel="nofollow">seen here</a>Richard Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-45058997122463169392013-01-30T17:34:53.978+00:002013-01-30T17:34:53.978+00:00Does this mean that some poor saps who need to get...Does this mean that some poor saps who need to get out more have been gleefully masquerading as the IPO and using their logo in 'official-looking and often misleading approaches'?? I can report that it's takenme all of 5 seconds to cut and paste the new logo and strapline from the IPO's website into a Word document, so I'm all set to do the same!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com