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It sounds like a simple enough question, but the answer is that 'it depends!'
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It sounds like a simple enough question, but the answer is that 'it depends!'
Registering an internet domain name is cheap and simple. But what happens if someone gets there first with your business name? It would be better to avoid the problem altogether, and we would always recommend checking domain availability and getting trade marks registered in advance of a public rebrand.
There is a lot to entertain the curious follower of patent law in the High Court’s judgment in Shenzhen Carku v The Noco Company .
In 2017 the Supreme Court in Actavis v Eli Lily[1] established the doctrine of equivalents in UK patent law. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the Supreme Court reminded us that equivalents could infringe or brought the doctrine back...
Registered Designs are probably the least well-known of the Intellectual Property rights, but they can be a powerful and cost-effective tool, if used properly. A Registered Design protects the appearance of a product, and can be used to prevent...
This is probably the single piece of advice I give out most often as a Patent Attorney. It sounds simple but it's not always as easy as it seems. Secrecy is important because for a patent to be valid, the invention must be a new invention on...
There has certainly been a lot of discussion about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the past couple of years. It’s hard to find an IP blog which hasn’t posted on the topic… everyone seems to suspect that NFTs might have “something” to do with...
Nothing makes IP lawyers feel more unloved than the overwhelming propensity of politicians, journalists, and indeed practically everyone else to get their intellectual property rights mixed up and talk about “patenting a brand” or “copyrighting...