Merpel older posts

Before Merpel can revisit the EPO, a small refresher may be useful for our readers. The articles from Merpel documenting the EPO governance crisis are labelled "Eponia". Here a selection of the most important ones, in chronological order:

Sunday, 27 July 2014
Eponia: a State of mind?
http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2014/07/eponia-state-of-mind.html

Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Given up on following the EPO posts? Here's a recap of the year to date
http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2015/06/given-up-on-following-epo-posts-heres.html

Thursday, 23 June 2016
Enlarged Board publishes decision: EPO President violated judicial independence
http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2016/06/enlarged-board-publishes-decision-epo.html

Monday, 7 November 2016
Firings will continue until morale improves - Merpel revisits the EPO
http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2016/11/firings-will-continue-until-morale.html

Thursday, 17 November 2016
Remember the House Ban? How two years flies past
http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2016/11/remember-house-ban-how-two-years-flies.html

Then, on Friday, 10 March 2017, Merpel announced her blog would stop covering "one of, if not the, biggest ongoing issues in IP in Europe":
Curtain - Merpel's final EPO post http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2017/03/curtain-merpels-final-epo-post.html

Even though, Merpel still publishes episodically on ipkat, one of her latest articles wonders about what happen to the reinstated board of appeal member:
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
The ILO rules reinstatement of Board of Appeal member, but EPO resists
http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2017/12/the-ilo-rules-reinstatement-of-board-of.html

This blog is in deference to the old Merpel. However, to avoid the confusion between the new and the old Merpel, this cat shall write her name the Munich way: Märpel.