User talk:Edcolins/Archive13

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This archive page covers the dates between June 29, 2018 – February 7, 2023.

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Please add new archivals to User talk:Edcolins/Archive14. (See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page.) Thank you. --Edcolins (talk) 10:46, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Design rights listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Design rights. Since you had some involvement with the Design rights redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Thryduulf (talk) 14:57, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

European utility model; and, caveats

In utility model, the European Commission's "no agreement could be reached" might be expanded as "almost all EU countries thought this was a daft solution in search of a non-existent problem". The Gebrauchsmuster made sense under the old German patent law, with its high standard of inventive step. Countries like France and UK never saw the need for anything similar. (Urban legend has it that this was the subject of a Gebrauchsmuster – but I do not believe it unless I see it. Arthur Pedrick could have got that granted as a UK patent (unless an examiner found a novelty-destroying citation in e.g. The Beano or The Dandy); but I doubt he would ever have filed such an application.)

If you're FCIPA and have the reference books, the US-centric article patent caveat could do with some attention. A wholly different idea goes back in the UK to the year dot or thereabouts, and still exists. Narky Blert (talk) 19:32, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

Industrial Property

Earlier discussion moved to Talk:Industrial_property#Reverting_redirect_(discussion_moved_from_User_talk:Edcolins).

Hi Ed Thanks very much for your reply, Is it ok if we move this discussion to the article talk page? I feel like this conversation is useful to have on the article its self. I feel like this is the sort of discussion that could happen more than once if its not somewhere central. Best John Cummings (talk) 07:19, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Sure!  Done --Edcolins (talk) 20:32, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday!

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Thanks! --Edcolins (talk) 21:06, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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Anschluss gesucht?!.

Hallo, suche Personen die mich unterstützen können. Ich mache Psychiarieerfahrungen. An wen wendet man sich bei staatlicher Willkür wie bekommt man Aufklärung und öffentliches Interesse? Meine Emailadresse ist [redacted] Lg Andreas 2A02:3033:41B:8EC0:D954:CA9:734B:C6E7 (talk) 16:08, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Please see de:Wikipedia:Auskunft. --Edcolins (talk) 17:53, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society

I appreciate the diligence of your editing efforts and have saw that you removed entire sections from the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society listing cites to the Journal from the U.S. Supreme Court and also history on Past Editors-in-Chief. How do you suggest this content be re-incorporated without running into problems? I think this content is especially significant in describing the important of JPTOS in American history, SCOTUS jurisprudence and the lineage of the United States intellectual property laws. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghostrighter (talk • contribs)

I replied on your talk page. --Edcolins (talk) 21:21, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Special day

Thanks! --Edcolins (talk) 08:46, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

"Roundup Ready®" listed at Redirects for discussion

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@BD2412: Thanks for notifying me. Appreciated. --Edcolins (talk) 16:45, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

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Lori Greiner

Apparently, you are an expert on patents and inventions. I'm hoping you can resolve a matter regarding Lori Greiner. Per reliable sources in the article, she has hundreds of inventions (the ABC.com ref says its over 1,000) and over 100 patents. Since the day the article was created 10 years ago, the article has included the fact that she is an inventor, both in the lead and infobox. But that changed a week ago when two editors removed the mentions of her being an inventor. Because of this, she is now only described in the lead and infobox as an entrepreneur and TV personality; her status as an inventor has been eliminated. As you'll see in the editing history of the article, one editor insisted that Greiner's notability as an inventor should not be included because "her entrepreneurship is comprised of her patents." I reverted their removal of the content multiple times and explained why, but was then blocked from editing because of it. I chose not to appeal it simply because I had far more important issues to deal with. Can you please review the August 30 and August 31 edits and help to settle the matter? Thanks. Stoarm (talk) 17:23, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I have little time right now. I will try to review this as soon as I can. --Edcolins (talk) 20:46, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

The matter seems to be settled by now, as far as I can see. If not, let me know. --Edcolins (talk) 16:34, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Thank you, Volten001! --Edcolins (talk) 16:50, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Thank you, CAPTAIN RAJU! --Edcolins (talk) 16:50, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

"Tk" listed at Redirects for discussion

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