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Exam success for Cheltenham’s leading IP firm
Robert Games | 9th April 2018
Albright IP has been celebrating exam success this week following the news that three of our staff have passed board examinations. Rupert Belsham and Matthew Cyrson have both passed all of their Patent Examination Board foundation examina …
Playing Chicken: NANDO’S v FERNANDO’S
Julia House | 20th March 2018
If you are ‘gallinivorous’ (someone who eats chickens), it is fair to say you are having a rough time. In February, the national Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) shortage temporarily closed almost two-thirds of the United Kingdom’s KFC branches. In …
Can we share our fans’ pictures on social media?
Frederick Noble | 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 …
“BBC English” really? BBC’s Trade Mark infringement battle in China
Julia House | 19th February 2018
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC), is the world’s most established national broadcaster, but it is the latest international company to become embroiled in a Trade Mark infringement case in China. The BBC has brought an action against Beijin …
“Call a Cab” …the iconic London taxi is not a valid registered Trade Mark?!
Julia House | 12th February 2018
The future of the hackney carriage, black cab or London taxi, hangs in the balance as a dispute surrounding whether the shape of the traditional London black cab is a valid registered Trade Mark. In November 2017, the Court of Appeal uphe …
Real or fake? How Trade Mark Registrations are protecting our online shopping
Julia House | 8th February 2018
Almost all of us can remember, (Millennials excluded), when the online marketplace was born. It happened almost overnight. No longer did you have to travel to the ‘big town’ to obtain those desired, but elusive goods that you couldn’t jus …
Intellectual Property symbols – what they mean, and when to use them
Julia House | 5th February 2018
If you think following the coded instructions to wash your clothes is complicated (all those symbols), welcome to the wonderful world of Intellectual Property rights symbols. IP rights symbols are helpful, but often overlooked tools in an …
Marc Reflects: What 2018 holds for innovation?
Marc Maidment | 19th January 2018
Innovation can come in waves, with one big innovative earthquake spawning a number of aftershock inventions. There would of course be no ‘light bulb’ moment without the invention of the light bulb. What might 2018 bring in terms of innovation? …
The Unitary Patent System and How It Affects You
Adrian Hocking | 12th December 2017
*FOR THE WHOLE ARTICLE PLEASE CLICK THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE* In Brief: Unitary Patent When the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (Agreement) eventually comes into force, a unitary patent will run alongside national …
Art as Trade Marks?
Rupert Belsham | 7th December 2017
Art as trade marks? art The use of established artworks in advertising is hardly new. It may bring some relief from the inanities generally dreamed up by marketing executives and brighten our commutes, but it does come with a downside, somehow cheapeni …
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