Julian Cockbain, a former partner at the UK patent firm Dehns, sent us the following request:
Could I ask a favour? That you ask on your blog that readers send me copies of papers or theses that they have written on the subject of patent-eligibility (what is the proper subject matter for patents rather than what is new, inventive, etc)? I've written a book on the subject in relation to European law with Sigrid Sterckx (CUP, 2012) and would like to spend the summer reading others' ideas [including yours].
(Professor Sterchx's publications can be found here).
Julian can be reached at [email protected] or Julian Cockbain, Hoogpoort 28A101, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. He also has suggested that his views may not be entirely consistent with those expressed on this blog, and accordingly this is an opportunity for our readers to enlighten him.
This is probably not too helpful, but just roll the word "miscellaneous" round the mouth a couple of times, and it becomes strange and archaic (from Latin miscellaneus, from miscellus "mixed", from miscere "to mix"). These days it's p'raps best to us "stuff"?
Posted by: Michelle | September 09, 2015 at 04:40 AM