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Do I have to identify the designer?
It is possible to waive the name of the designer when filing a European Community Design, but you should be sure that you have the rights to the design
The General Court of the European Union (EGC) recently handed down an interesting ruling in the case of a European community design application (known as case T579/19). Notably the EGC ruled that in certain circumstances, particularly where the...
The European Patent Office has recently issued a decision that a machine cannot be named as inventor for a European patent application. On 27 January 2020, the EPO refused two European patent applications (EP3564144A1 and...
The European Patent Office has recently approved the revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) which will come into force to any pending or newly filed appeals relating to European patents or applications from 1 January...
The UK IPO has recently published a report based on four-years of research into the attitudes and actions of ‘design-right owners’ when encountering infringement of their IP (intellectual property). The purpose of this research is...
Until recently, it was typically difficult for a non-Chinese applicant to accelerate a patent application, due to the requirement of submitting a request form sealed by a provincial Chinese IP Bureau the applicant is resident in. However,...
For most of our clients who are considering international patent protection, South Africa is not the first country which comes to mind. However, we would suggest that the country should be considered seriously by all patentees, due to its...
In the first part of this article - "Keeping under the radar and safeguarding your ideas", we looked at how best to keep your information confidential before you are ready to launch your idea. Let’s now look at strategies you can adopt when...
New ideas are vital for the success of start-ups, as much as they are fundamental for the sustainability of any business. When you have a great new idea and you develop it into a business case, it seems natural to widely publicise it among the...
