tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2414701159339776137..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Tuesday TiddleywinksVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65086319733831547202012-07-25T15:45:54.649+01:002012-07-25T15:45:54.649+01:00Ambrose Bierce, in the Devil's Dictionary [htt...Ambrose Bierce, in the Devil's Dictionary [http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/] defined:- <br />"lawyer" as "One skilled in circumvention of the Law"; <br />"litigation" as "A machine into which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage"; and <br />"litigant" as "A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones".<br /><br />Do we have similar definitions in IP? <br /><br />Perhaps I can start with:-<br /><br /> "Mottainai" - "A system in which the diligent office of second filing can do work for the idle office of first filing".Meldrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841440718012449720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-12571125085203161152012-07-25T09:25:22.481+01:002012-07-25T09:25:22.481+01:00Yes, this is my raised eyebrow. According to Trans...Yes, this is my raised eyebrow. According to Transparency International's Global Corruption Perception Index, out of 183 countries surveyed, Honduras scored 2.6 in a scale going from 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean) and ranked 126. The Dominican Republic also scored 2.6 and ranked 129. Ukraine scored 2.3 and ranked 152.<br /><br />Come on, Big Tobacco, can't you try a bit harder?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-76341180290367256062012-07-25T01:44:04.098+01:002012-07-25T01:44:04.098+01:00I wonder who all of those little countries with so...I wonder who all of those little countries with so little legitimate interest in tobacco consumption in Australia or anywhere else or high levels of IP protection, for that matter, are fronting for. And who is ultimately paying all the bills? And, as they say - at the end of the day, "cui bono"?Marlboro Menschnoreply@blogger.com