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World First Pop-Up EV Charging Unit Trial Paves Way for Wider Roll-Out
Robert Games | 23rd June 2020
A successful six-month trial to test the world’s first pop-up electric vehicle charge point in a residential street in Oxford has paved the way for a wider roll-out, say its designers. The UEOne pop-up charge-point, has been developed and …
PlanetArt v Photobox: Does your app icon contain descriptive terms?
Julia House | 9th June 2020
Recently, PlanetArt, the company behind the popular FreePrints app, succeeded in a Trade Mark infringement claim against one of its competitors, Photobox. The infringement claim related to Photobox’s rival app, which, like FreePrints, provides prints o …
Albright IP Proves Small Can Be Beautiful – and Successful!
Robert Games | 21st May 2020
Albright IP has again demonstrated its top-flight capabilities after earning a place in the recent Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) rankings. The annual league tables produced by CITMA show how many filings IP companies …
SKY v SKYKICK: Part 2 – The Clouds Part…
Julia House | 13th May 2020
Following the CJEU greatly anticipated judgement to questions raised to it, the UK High Court has now issued Lord Justice Arnold’s concluding decision, in the Sky v SkyKick case. As reported previously, Justice Arnold had requested the CJ …
The Effect of The Coronavirus on Official Deadlines (Updated)
Robert Games | 4th May 2020
Normally, having to face moving goalposts would be a bad thing, but it is proving to be beneficial when it comes to IP deadlines falling during the Covid-19 pandemic. For now, deadlines before the UK Intellectual Property Office remain ex …
Can a Deity Apply For a British Patent? – Part 2
Adrian Hocking | 4th May 2020
Following on from Part 1, we explore further questions relating to applying for and owning a patent, particularly cases where there are multiple owners. As a patent is a form of property, how does it work to have two or more joint owners? …
Greater Protection in the UK For Patent Owners
Adrian Hocking | 27th April 2020
A quick summary of two relatively recent court decisions in the UK explaining why having a British granted patent now gives you generally greater protection under the newly adopted ‘doctrine of equivalents’ without the limitation of ‘file histor …
World IP Day – 26th April – Celebrating Innovation In a Crisis
Robert Games | 24th April 2020
The arrival of the Coronavirus onto the world’s stage has brought into sharp focus the need for businesses to combine thinking on their feet with innovation and creativity. As we celebrated World Intellectual Property Day on the 26th April, it i …
Can a Deity Apply For a British Patent?
Adrian Hocking | 7th April 2020
In this series of three articles, we explore common and slightly less common questions regarding Applying for and Owning a British or European Patent. Who can apply for a patent? Under UK law, anyone can apply for a patent, whether …
The Effect of the Coronavirus on Official Deadlines
Marc Maidment | 30th March 2020
National and regional intellectual property offices are, like all of us, feeling the effects of the on-going Covid-19 outbreak. Some of them have now extended deadlines or put into place corresponding measures which are aimed at helping you to w …
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