Author: Frederick Noble
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court expands its small claims track outside London
| 16th July 2019
Bristol Civil Justice Centre – photo depositphotos / jaceksphotos In the new IPEC guide issued last week, it was rather quietly announced that from October 2019 District Judges will be available in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester and Ne …
Camborne Trevithick Day – 27th April 2019
| 18th April 2019
We are pleased to be supporting Camborne Trevithick Day on 27th April 2019. This annual celebration commemorates Camborne’s most famous son, prolific inventor Richard Trevithick. The first commercially useful steam engine was developed in 1712 by Tho …
Financial Compensation for Intellectual Property Infringement
| 5th November 2018
An intellectual property right is fundamentally a right to prevent competitors from using your brand, invention, design, copyright work, or whatever. But what if they do? A rightsholder who successfully sues for infringement will be able to ob …
How To Tell If a Patent is Being Enforced
| 26th April 2018
Today, a great deal of published information about patents and patent applications is readily available for free on the Internet. The EPO’s excellent “Espacenet” service allows you to search for and view information on the vast majority of patent publi …
Can we share our fans’ pictures on social media?
| 13th March 2018
Not the same truck, not the same trainee attorney, not the same copyright owner Social media is an important part of marketing a new product. If your business can successfully engage with its customers through Facebook, Instagram, Twitte …
Should I register my copyright?
| 21st December 2016
Few things in life are free, but here’s a happy exception to the rule. Copyright exists automatically when you create a qualifying work. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act endows protection on your “literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works”, au …
Edge Strategy
| 6th July 2016
How is your business going to stay on top in a competitive world? Is “Edge Strategy” the answer? Most reckon that finding a “gap in the market”, a genuine under-served niche, is the Holy Grail of business planning. However, any fan of Indiana Jones (o …
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court refuses to lift costs cap
Frederick Noble | 24th June 2014
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court is supposed to be a fast, efficient, and relatively low-cost forum for resolving IP disputes. One of its stated purposes is to “level the playing field”, and give small businesses a realistic opportunity to e …
Patents for Software – FAQ
Frederick Noble | 1st April 2014
We are often asked about patent protection for software products. “Software patents” can be more difficult and expensive to obtain than patents for other types of invention, and indeed are often not obtainable at all. It is important not to fall into …
Trunki decision in Court of Appeal
Frederick Noble | 20th March 2014
Where did it all go wrong for the Trunki? The “Trunki” suitcase is a highly successful product. Failing to attract investment on Dragon’s Den does not appear to have proved a major setback for makers Magmatic, who estimate that 20% of all three to six …
