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  1. Now we know exactly what questions are referred to the ECJ on the meaning of "acquiesced" in trade mark law http://tinyurl.com/yahjzbg 4:55 AM Nov 27th from web
  2. Answering email responses to my post re the UK initiative on quantifying the role of IP in the knowledge economy http://tinyurl.com/ygdmr2b 12:28 AM Nov 27th from web
  3. Dawn has assured one of the paying conference participants that he's not the proverbial 'moron in a hurry'. He must be pleased to know this 8:50 AM Nov 24th from web
  4. Dawn Franklin: "the average consumer is exposed to 3,000 to 5,000 advertising messages a day". Thank goodness we filter most of them out 8:37 AM Nov 24th from web
  5. Anoushka: "get your fashion design information checklist together, for both offensive and defensive reasons" 7:15 AM Nov 24th from web
  6. Anoushka Der Kurgherian (on fashion copies): "Magazines are handing infringements over on a plate with 'spree v steal' features". 7:13 AM Nov 24th from web
  7. Per Michael Edenborough: Lord Hoffmann's words in Amgen on interpretation "could have come from the mouth of any 19th century judge" 6:40 AM Nov 24th from web
  8. Michael Edenborough's lamenting the loss of 19th century literal interpretation of patent claims:"pink means pink, not magenta or aubergine" 6:32 AM Nov 24th from web
  9. "The Universal Copyright Convention is as irrelevant now as WIPO will be in twenty years" 4:47 AM Nov 24th from web
  10. Hugo Cox, speaking on Google Search, spoke of his difficulty in finding a PowerPoint illustration that didn't infringe copyright ... 4:07 AM Nov 24th from web
  11. Gwilym Harbottle has just given an excellent and balanced account of the current state of play regarding orphan works and UK/EU copyright 3:54 AM Nov 24th from web
  12. There's a consensus of speakers that there's little chance of the UK government copyright reform proposals passing before the next election 3:43 AM Nov 24th from web
  13. I'm chairing 'Copying Without Infringing' today and resisting the temptation to bombard the twittersphere with bon mots from the speakers 3:42 AM Nov 24th from web
  14. Do you suffer from diaresis? There could be trouble brewing for tm owners in the vicinity of the .eu zone http://tinyurl.com/yhsnot2 12:21 PM Nov 23rd from web
  15. Hot off the press: Dirk Visser has produced an English translation of a new Dutch ECJ copyright/Infosoc reference http://tinyurl.com/ygfvvew 4:34 AM Nov 23rd from web
  16. Finally learning the new citations for the Community Trade Mark Regulation and Trade Mark Directive by heart: No.207/2009 and No.2008/95 7:29 AM Nov 22nd from web
  17. @Azrights Soaked while walking the dog? I thought of inventing a 'self-walking dog', but the prior art is vast: over a million Google hits 4:32 AM Nov 22nd from web in reply to Azrights
  18. @Azrights Elk in the Woods is a great name for a restaurant. Hope there's not too much wood in the elk, and that the price is not too 'deer' 5:11 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to Azrights
  19. Interesting problem: how far do you have to go to prove the date when prior art first appeared on the internet? http://tinyurl.com/y9ka6ux 5:09 AM Nov 20th from web
  20. @filemot Most of my emails are going out, but c.85 are coming back each time. I've asked fellow Kat David Pearce if he can solve the problem 3:29 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to filemot