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| schestowitz | Re: Side article, for immediate publication | May 02 02:05 |
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| schestowitz | > Who Owns Your Computer? The Free Software Fallacy | May 02 02:05 |
| schestowitz | Working on it now, opened mail moments ago | May 02 02:05 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/in-memoriam-dr-michael-factor.html?showComment=1588196524568#c3261841763365259071 | May 02 16:28 |
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| schestowitz | What a shock!. Fifty is much too young. We will miss his humor - I always remember his "PC-Tea" bags :-) | May 02 16:28 |
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| schestowitz | Yoni PalmerThursday, 30 April 2020 at 10:54:00 BST | May 02 16:28 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | In memoriam: Dr. Michael Factor, blogmeister extraordinaire - The IPKat | May 02 16:28 | |
| schestowitz | I was in school with Michael. I am in shock. He was a genuine, principled person with a great sense of humour. | May 02 16:28 |
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| schestowitz | Howard TeffThursday, 30 April 2020 at 12:06:00 BST | May 02 16:28 |
| schestowitz | I completed my training under his tutelage. He was a very gifted and special person that shall be sorely missed. | May 02 16:28 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/no-european-qualifying-examination-will.html?showComment=1588198164566#c4493334819647886671 | May 02 16:29 |
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| schestowitz | One of the things that other exams (schools/universities) are doing are assessing people on the results they have achieved. It would ease the burden on the EQE organisation if they could promote out a lot of the resitters (candidates who have taken each paper at least once). | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | There are a lot of people who are just a few points short on passing overall. See the discussion here: https://saltedpatent.blogspot.com/2020/04/eqe-2020-officially-cancelled-focus-on.html | May 02 16:29 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | No European qualifying examination will be held in 2020 says EQE Supervisory Board - The IPKat | May 02 16:29 | |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousSunday, 26 April 2020 at 10:06:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | The EPO has bought this burden onto themselves by giving pre-EQE candidates a free pass. If they have committed to this then they need to stick to it. They can't change the rules or apply compensation for resitters only. It needs to be applied to all candidates sitting the main EQE 2021 finals. | May 02 16:29 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-saltedpatent.blogspot.com | Salted Patent: EQE 2020 officially cancelled, focus on EQE 2021, e-EQE 2022 | May 02 16:29 | |
| schestowitz | AnonymousFriday, 24 April 2020 at 14:10:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | I assume we will know in May. | May 02 16:29 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousMonday, 27 April 2020 at 12:19:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Same - I hope they tell us in May to avoid wasting so much precious time. | May 02 16:29 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousSunday, 26 April 2020 at 09:20:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Presumably all those on here whinging about the missed year will be such competent students that with the extra year to prepare they will definitely not fail to manage to lose no more than half of the available marks in each paper next year, and accordingly will pass. | May 02 16:29 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousSunday, 26 April 2020 at 13:32:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | The missed year means alot more. Many will miss out on promotion, wage increases and not to mention their loss time that could be spent with the friends and family. | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Gilman GrundyMonday, 27 April 2020 at 09:05:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Presumably the person pontificating here has actually assured themselves that they would be able to pass recent exams if forced to sit them, and would not have at all be bothered or disadvantaged by, for example, having their right to practice suspended for a year due to circumstances completely out of their control. | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | AnonymousTuesday, 28 April 2020 at 09:21:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | @Gilman. I truly don't understand your statement. Off course you would be bothered if you have a whole year delayed after putting in months of hard work. Its a lot of work for nothing. I understand it is outside the EPO's control but stop playing down the significant impact on candidates especially the financial & emotional impact as many have pointed out in this and other blogs. | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Gilman GrundyWednesday, 29 April 2020 at 08:33:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Assuming that you are the anonymous of 26 April 13:32, I was responding to the anonymous comment of 26 April 9:20, not yours. IP Kat pre-approves all comments so I could not see your comment when I posted. | May 02 16:29 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousSunday, 26 April 2020 at 13:38:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Biggest problem is whether EQE2021 can still go ahead as normal. It doesn't look like we get a vaccine available for everyone by next year so the exam cannot go ahead unless everyone can be safe. | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Some form of lockdown measures will still be in place across Europe and gatherings at event will probably still be banned especially in Winter. | May 02 16:29 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousMonday, 27 April 2020 at 12:18:00 BST | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | What is appearing quite clear is that the patent profession (examination and assessment of candidates) has failed to adapt to the modern age whereas many other professions have done so through regular testing throughout the year and online/coursework assessments. | May 02 16:29 |
| schestowitz | Its slightly ironic that as a profession championing for innovation, the exam system is so backwards and outdated. It has not moved with the times and in line with the new generation. | May 02 16:30 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousWednesday, 29 April 2020 at 12:49:00 BST | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | As a candidates, it is very difficult to motivate and keep focus especially in these uncertain times. | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | I would like to know by early May 2020 whether it can go ahead or not before I spend many months revising. | May 02 16:30 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousWednesday, 29 April 2020 at 15:55:00 BST | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | Let us know in May please CIPA/PEB. | May 02 16:30 |
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| schestowitz | AnonymousWednesday, 29 April 2020 at 18:35:00 BST | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | I would like to point out that the PEB exams is not just a UK exam. The exams are held in signapore and Ireland. Many other nationals go to these other venues to take the PEB exams. It needs to ensure that all venues can function and that there is no travel restrictions. | May 02 16:30 |
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| schestowitz | Graver TankWednesday, 29 April 2020 at 23:09:00 BST | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | The reason that the EQE has not developed, and is not capable of preparing a back-up plan, is the lack of funding. Although there is legal basis in the EPC, there is no mention of who should pay for it. Originally, there were less than 100 candidates, but it has grown considerably since it started. | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | For many years, the costs were shouldered almost completely by the EPO, including providing almost all of the organization and most of the committee members. I think the markers were a good mix of epi & EPO. The exam fees do not cover the costs at all. | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | A few years ago, the EPO pulled a lot of the examiners from the EQE system because they were under pressure to reduce the backlog of patent applications to be examined. Since then, the EPO involvement has reduced. | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | Behind the scenes, the EQE is just able every year to be held, but it relies on a lot of goodwill and unpaid hours. It is amazing that they can actually do what they do with resources they have. | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked - Warren Buffett | May 02 16:30 |
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| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/fibrogen-v-akebia-arnold-lj-addresses.html?showComment=1588150391254#c6266243928010446487 | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | "MaxDrei, I work in the field of biotech, and we often have to redefine the problem in view of documents identified in the search. Can I just voice the counter-view that if one drafts according to a specific assumed problem then redefining the problem becomes more difficult in examination. Examiners will essentially then object that we said the data showed X, when it now needs to show Y. Examiners are not kind at the EPO to a | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | specification which presents the contribution (solved a particular problem) a certain way. So one must be very tentative in how one uses PSA during drafting, because so often we need to rely on a different contribution to what we originally thought. Being less than totally clear in drafting can therefore be an advantage. I have found that some specifications drafted by EP attorneys were simply to firm and concrete in defining the | May 02 16:30 |
| schestowitz | problem, and when that was knocked out by the prior art it is very difficult to salvage anything." | May 02 16:30 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | FibroGen v. Akebia: Arnold LJ addresses insufficiency, equivalence, second medical use claims, and much more - The IPKat | May 02 16:30 | |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1256622611964010497 | May 02 22:56 |
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