tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post403514826094898918..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Thursday thingiesVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-23341358917832705252012-08-31T18:17:00.167+01:002012-08-31T18:17:00.167+01:00In defence of the EPO, it must be difficult to kno...In defence of the EPO, it must be difficult to know whether a foreign name, is genuine or not. <br />One of my fellow students at university had been christened "William Shakespeare", and it caused him no end of problems! I have seen patents with Inventors such as K. Rapp and Bum Ho Lee, and official letters signed by Patent Examiners E. Coli and Bumsuck [the latter being a not uncommon African name].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-55887686127966787172012-08-31T08:33:33.974+01:002012-08-31T08:33:33.974+01:00The EPO have allowed third party observations from...The EPO have allowed third party observations from fictional characters. The Communication of 18 June 1998 on EP Patent 0451216 confirmed that observations from Buzz Lightyear would be accepted and treated as anonymous observations. I hope that makes Merpel feel slightly better.Sulemanhttp://www.hollyip.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-66846340999666973432012-08-30T21:49:42.171+01:002012-08-30T21:49:42.171+01:00Merpel does get a name-check at The Register. See ...Merpel does get a name-check at The Register. See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/28/patent_system_bruised_or_borked/ .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com