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Four new appointments set Albright IP up for a strong 2019
Sam Cooper | 7th February 2019
Albright IP has welcomed four new members of staff to its offices. Following an exceptional year of growth in 2018, the new team members will help to strengthen our offering of professional and cost-effective intellectual property (IP) protectio …
Can You Patent Cannabis Products?
Adrian Hocking | 7th January 2019
Following high profile legalisation in territories around the world (for example Canada, some states in the US and limited medicinal allowability in the UK), industry and financial institutions are recognising the commercial potential of cannabis. …
Albright IP Ranks Amongst the Top UK Filers of Registered Designs
Sam Cooper | 4th January 2019
The December edition of The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Review (CITMA) has revealed that Albright IP has ranked in the top 50 of the country’s IP attorneys. Albright IP were noted in the magazine as one of the firms who has helped …
New Report on Design Infringement in the UK
Cloe Loo | 6th December 2018
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 to prov …
Overcoming UK Patent Rejections
Will Doherty | 14th November 2018
Many designers spend months and even years working on a development, only to encounter numerous barriers and hurdles raised by the Patent Office when trying to patent it. In many scenarios, the issue with the patent application is that the claim …
Financial Compensation for Intellectual Property Infringement
Frederick Noble | 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 obtain an …
Albright IP and Duku get to root of the issue for dental client
Robert Games | 2nd October 2018
Albright IP and sister product design company Duku have helped Harley Street Dentist Phillip Davies and Hygienist Laraine Wright to solve an everyday issue, with the launch of a new patent pending product line called Techsurg. The product …
“Poor Man’s Patent” – Fact or Fiction?
Adrian Hocking | 24th September 2018
Poor Man’s Patent – Fact or Fiction? From time to time the phrase ‘Poor Man’s Patent’ gets thrown around, seeming to imply there is a free or low-cost way of obtaining protection for your invention or idea. Below, we discuss what a ‘poor …
Accelerating your patent, utility model or design application in China
Cloe Loo | 15th August 2018
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, as of …
Last-chance saloon: Patent Office refused your invention? What are you to do?
Will Doherty | 16th July 2018
Just imagine: you have spent years working on a brilliant idea which will make your fortune, only to find that four or five years down the line, the scrooges at the Patent Office refuse to acknowledge the patentability of your invention. What ar …
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