tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6888386643762721631..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: BGH: to cease means to recallVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-4504414524830709792017-01-19T06:40:41.733+00:002017-01-19T06:40:41.733+00:00@Anonymous (17 January 2017 at 10:24) - well said,...@Anonymous (17 January 2017 at 10:24) - well said, when is the rebranding to UKIPKat coming?! Blot out the face of Merpel and replace it with the yellow toothed maw of Nigel Farage laughing all the way to the bank as he continues to suck his MEP Euro-salary from the unwitting Brexiteers!UKIPKAT Now!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-3454567150526935502017-01-18T16:49:01.641+00:002017-01-18T16:49:01.641+00:00
Wow your combined EU readership is far less tha...<br /><br /><br />Wow your combined EU readership is far less than that of a referendum outcome<br /><br />35% EU compared to 41 % US; <br /><br />If you add Norway, it becomes 38% EEA. (That three percent might just be one person who regularly checks the blog).<br /><br />Where are our friends, Italy, number four, soon to be number three in patents in the EU for the UPC? Or Spain which along with Italy sends an increasing number of preliminary references on copyright, trade marks and designs. There are six very difficult ones pending.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-32145398503598910072017-01-18T15:37:35.673+00:002017-01-18T15:37:35.673+00:00I think the readership stats sort of prove the poi...I think the readership stats sort of prove the point made by the first anonymous. Why is an IP blog which used to be so focused on EU copyright and to a lesser extent EU trade marks (and which can get people going on th emere mention of whether the UPC is a good thing or a bad thing)visited by 41% US? <br /><br />Recently, the blog itself has started to miss a lot of EU news before the Court, developments in the Commission; and the Council and EP on files. Much info had come from interested UK lobbyists/lawyers/policy advisers who still are the most active and numerous in Brussels.Some are jumping ship or simply not updating as they used to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-68739594936165636082017-01-18T14:08:29.014+00:002017-01-18T14:08:29.014+00:00The decision of the BGH in this case is indeed rel...The decision of the BGH in this case is indeed relevant only for German practitioners. Therefore "to the attention of our German readers". Other decisions of Member State courts will remain relevant for UK practitioners even after Brexit. I am Swiss, and Switzerland is not a EU Member State. It would be terribly naive for me not to follow the developments in EU law and in important EU jurisdictions. As a previous commentator said, our clients are internationally active, we need to be, too.<br /><br />Secondly, as JoaoPereiraMarques mentioned, IPKat has a very international readership. Here are the top ten countries by page views for last month:<br /><br />USA 41%<br />UK 13%<br />China 12%<br />Germany 9%<br />Russia 9%<br />France 6%<br />NL 5%<br />Norway 3%<br />Irlande 2%<br />Turkey 1%<br /><br />As you can see, we have about as many visitors from China as we have from the UK, and Germany and Russia are not far behind the UK.Mark Schweizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460433294632554129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-88649942058858053412017-01-18T10:41:56.862+00:002017-01-18T10:41:56.862+00:00I beg to disagree the previous commentator, and al...I beg to disagree the previous commentator, and also apologize for going off-topic as he/she did, but I feel I should say something from my own non-UK perspective: the IPKAT has long ago reached far, far away, very far indeed, and is now distant from being a UK-focused media (despite a very large percentage of its posts relating to the UK, perhaps due to the location of most of its participants). But it thinks internationally and allows for a collective critical mass to be created and actively stimulated on a regular basis. It has enriched itself and enriched others and perhaps that was the key to becoming one of the most popular IP websites around, and also consistently being so for a such long time now. The Brexit issue should only entice UK readers and participants to bring more (useful) content to the table, not to complaint about how great they could be having it. The times they are a'changing... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHMBs5yZDEc)JoaoPereiraMarquesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-39375307415897134332017-01-18T09:25:37.920+00:002017-01-18T09:25:37.920+00:00Interesting point raised in the previous comment. ...Interesting point raised in the previous comment. Are there any statistics re. readership of IPKAT by country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-88470493244363447012017-01-18T07:00:17.412+00:002017-01-18T07:00:17.412+00:00@Anonymous - so what is changing in the UK IP situ...@Anonymous - so what is changing in the UK IP situation that is so stunning that it merits reams of blog posts? For European patent attorneys the impact of Brexit will be small and after Brexit, sorry to say but I doubt Britain will be a key focus or market for the majority. Despite being both UK and EP qualified most of my work comes from Europe and the rest of the world as I suspect it does for the majority of UK/EP patent practitioners. If you're not happy with the IPKAT, I recommend that you set up your own blog. I'm sure you will have a ton of content - let us know when it's up and there's something of note to report that sends ripples beyond the white cliffs of Dover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-20138052739050844682017-01-17T13:01:52.382+00:002017-01-17T13:01:52.382+00:00Au contrarire. With a hard brexit separating UK IP...Au contrarire. With a hard brexit separating UK IP from decisions of EU MS, advisors in the UK will need to follow"foreign" decisions more closely in order to advise their clients properly.Kantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-14463159884156814782017-01-17T10:24:46.583+00:002017-01-17T10:24:46.583+00:00IPKAT has kind lost its mojo with brexit... (and n...IPKAT has kind lost its mojo with brexit... (and no I am not one of them just facing reality now).<br /><br />Just saying but the EU/UK IP situation as it develops is the only real one for most UK readers. <br /><br />The relevance of national decisions of courts of EU MS will decrease. I know there are other readers but still.<br /><br />Now WTO blogs had better smarten up their act as that is where it will all be happening for UK readers in time. A lot of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com