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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 22h

When the big coat is deployed things are getting serious!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 22h

I felt cold this morning for what feels like the first time since February

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The joke doesn't work in English. "The aubergine and catergine..."?

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have been asked (for the first time ever) to talk about this to chemists at Oxford University on Friday

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The end of the first paragraph says "I annex impressions of them, and furnish metallic samples", so it had drawings and samples. How sad if it has been lost!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have nearly the opposite "This compelling argument ... has yet to find judicial favour"

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That seems naughty. I wondered what they were trying to hide, and then I saw your posted Fig 1 and ... I think I see!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have seen examiners at the US Patent Office object that my specification fails to satisfy the requirement of being in the English language because it is “replete with British spellings”.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There is a drama Outrageous that depicts this very well. The Mitfords were wild!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It was very lovely to see you together 😀

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don’t even consider myself a proper trekkie, but I am sad that for three years now I have referred to one scenario in my Ethics lecture as the Kobayashi Maru, and so far not one person has understood the reference.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Antiquing, but for innovation.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thank you for a wonderful evening!

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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What a pleasure and privilege being at the @rigb.org last night with such bunch of talented scientist and artists to celebrate Star Trek 60th birthday!

The seven of us speakers doing the Vulcan salute

Me in the faraday lecture theatre presenting

Me presenting in the faraday lecture theatre

Me and Martin Quinn who plays Scottie in SNW

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thank you for a wonderful evening!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How many Star Trek outfits do you have???!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Well it was quite comedic because we went with 7 visiting friends from Cordoba who spoke no English. but kept finding Spanish waiters

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

it was, at least by the standards of the time, quite decent. i recall weirdly that they had capers to accompany smoked salmon, which was considered quite swish 45 years ago

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am old enough to have dined in the revolving restaurant at the top, before it was closed (for security reasons, I believe)

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Guido Noto La Diega @guidonld.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1/ 📢 Big news: we're hosting BILETA 2027! The 41st Annual Conference of the British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association comes to Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow — 7-9 April 2027, hybrid format. First time in Scotland in almost a decade! 🧵

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You manage to be both younger and grumpier than me. Which is impressive

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

But then the question is - it is a skism or a shism?

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The exception weirdly was the telephone receptionist at the Patent Office but she has now been replaced by a machine answering service.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Erm I hate to contradict you Matt but I (and I thought everyone in the industry) use short ”pat”whatever part of speech. I thought this reflected the etymology from latin patere.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Your photo looks like a Hockney painting

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The slight problem is that it only really works if you *win* the cheeky little war.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Scene at conference today 3pm: Me - I need to attack the cake because I have not eaten today Kind person organising the conference - we have some of the salad from lunchtime left if you would like some [awkward pause] Me - I think I will be fine with the cake thank you

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Did Whitby Synod die in vain?

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Oh that's the Chronophage Clock! Its keeper is @psalmotoxin.bsky.social on here.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ooh you don’t see people posting apophatic theology on main very often!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There was patent infringement litigation on this technology 25 years ago. It’s astonishing that a product has taken so long to emerge!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Also depends on what counts as historic event! Silver Jubilee in 1977, wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981 and Falklands conflict in 1982 are my earliest.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Good Law Project is also a company registered at Companies House. What point are you trying to make?

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Jocelyn Bosse @jocelynbos.se · 25/08/2026

While catching up on the news about the negotiations of the UK-EU SPS Agreement, I had several questions about the potential (re-)inclusion of the UK within unitary EU plant variety rights: ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/08/uk-e...

ipkitten.blogspot.com

UK eyes unitary plant variety right with the EU

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There is a reasonably significant hurdle to obtaining evidence from the other side, but it is achievable if the court believes that the materials sought will genuinely resolve a factual issue in dispute.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I have done a review of recent(ish) Orders to Produce Evidence under Rule 190 at the UPC. There were not many in the early phase of the court, but there has been a flurry recently. www.eip.com/uk/case-repo...

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UPC Orders to Produce Evidence: Rule 190 Explained | EIP

Recent UPC decisions clarify when courts will order a party to produce evidence under Rule 190, from source code to fabric samples and construction drawings.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I worry that journals are going to start saying that it is the authors' fault if their article is written in a way in which the AI summary is inaccurate.

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thank you! It lives up to my hopes!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We need to know what footnote 88 says. A citation for "Oops!" is wild!

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Thank you for saying this, Graham

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Darren Smyth @dsmyth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is why it is mandatory in any article about intellectual property to refer to the same right as a patent, a trade mark, and a copyright.

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