tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7439299591558374900..comments2024-03-29T06:53:23.405+00:00Comments on The IPKat: BREAKING NEWS - EPO consults on proposed structural reform of Boards of AppealVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-3186188268644228702015-05-08T09:00:37.660+01:002015-05-08T09:00:37.660+01:00what a cheap trick to windowdress a "consulta...what a cheap trick to windowdress a "consultation" - no matter how many people will complain, the data will be kept secret and in the end we will hear "the vast majority supported the idea of BB".<br /><br />When really consulting, please do it with a trustworthy intermediary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-73055584772156898982015-05-03T11:41:30.794+01:002015-05-03T11:41:30.794+01:00A voice from the past quotes…
“The European found...A voice from the past quotes…<br /><br />“The European founding fathers of the EPO had a clear picture of what they not want their brainchild to turn into a hybrid creature, pulled about and torn apart by egotistical and divergent national interests, representing a lifeless Europe devoid of passion and reduced to the single dimension of commercial compromise, a mere legal construction, an empty shell void of all vision. Our future actions must be guided by a distrust of national self-interest, those centrifugal forces born of individual interest alone which pose constant risk of decentralisation , or even disintegration, at the expense of coherent, high-quality and homogeneous procedures. The European Patent Convention very raison d’ être. “ <br /> <br />The welcoming headline of “Les Echos” for BB starting at the EPO should have been “ Benoit Battistelli assumes befitting new role, with the exhilaration of a man fulfilling his French destiny” <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-21113479210849974622015-05-02T08:32:02.493+01:002015-05-02T08:32:02.493+01:00BREAKING NEWS - EPO consults on proposed structura...BREAKING NEWS - EPO consults on proposed structural reform of the BoA and the AC! B. van Pottelsberghe once said…<br /><br />“The administrative council of the EPO is essentially composed of the representatives of national patent offices.The 37 member countries frequently have divergent – and sometimes conflicting – interests to those of the EPO. But it is these same members that elect the president of the EPO and the five vice-presidents. In order to ensure smooth decision-making and proper representation, the EPO administrative council should include representatives of major stakeholders of the patent system and a reduced number of NPO members acting as representatives of all NPOs. This arrangement would not preclude holding an annual EPO general assembly which all NPOs could attend. The new administrative council would include representatives of the business sector (large and small firms), representatives of consumer associations and representatives from the academic sector (academic networks and technology transfer office associations). In addition, four members of the European Commission should have a seat: the commissioners in charge of research, competition, enterprise and the internal market.”<br /><br />Danguy and van Pottelsberghe (2009) performed simulations that suggest that most national patent offices would earn more money from renewal fees with the Community patent than without it.<br /><br />Sleepy inventor<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-41869302568500432412015-05-01T23:01:04.460+01:002015-05-01T23:01:04.460+01:00I am a robot is a clever way of hiding the identit...I am a robot is a clever way of hiding the identity of C3PO.<br /><br />Maybe not....<br /><br />If it were R2D2, the pseudonym would have been a series of beeps and whistles.December is too far awaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-18634067462723664312015-05-01T21:56:47.862+01:002015-05-01T21:56:47.862+01:00PD 4.3.
Who else?
Aided and abetted by PD 0.6 an...<i> PD 4.3.<br />Who else? </i><br /><br />Aided and abetted by PD 0.6 and his surveillance team ...<br />I am a robotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72849233219527631032015-05-01T07:23:15.659+01:002015-05-01T07:23:15.659+01:00PD 4.3.
Who else?PD 4.3.<br />Who else?Innocentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-91985615760305919152015-04-30T21:35:53.606+01:002015-04-30T21:35:53.606+01:00This consultation looks not transparent.
Which ind...This consultation looks not transparent.<br />Which independant autority will supervise the fairness of the consultation?Listen-Menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17445650882582253582015-04-30T14:56:20.941+01:002015-04-30T14:56:20.941+01:00Those interested to reply to the questionnaire sho...Those interested to reply to the questionnaire should carefully study CA/16/15 before and read the comments of the Association of the Members of the Boards of Appeal (AMBA) thereon. The little existing piece of self-governance existing at present is taken away from the presidium and replaced by all kinds of instructions entrusted to the new BoAC, a subcommittee of the Council. Judges paid and re-appointed on the basis of reports on achievements by his "manager", where is the model of this type of indepence?black sheepnoreply@blogger.com