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Do I have to identify the designer?
It is possible to waive the name of the designer when filing a European Community Design, but you should be sure that you have the rights to the design
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Intellectual Property symbols – what they mean, and when to use them
If you think following the coded instructions to wash your clothes is complicated (all those symbols), welcome to the wonderful world of...
Marc Reflects: What 2018 holds for innovation?
Innovation can come in waves, with one big innovative earthquake spawning a number of aftershock inventions. There would of course be no...
The Unitary Patent System and How It Affects You
*FOR THE WHOLE ARTICLE PLEASE CLICK THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE* In Brief: Unitary Patent When the Agreement on a...
Crime and punishment: Trademark Infringement in the grey market.
Whilst most incidences of trademark infringement are dealt with by the bringing of civil proceedings, it is an often-overlooked fact, that the...
Which countries do the most UK Patenting?
If there was a Patent Olympics focused just on UK patent filings, which countries would come out on top? This [very] contrived question is...
How to Lose your British Patent (three times)
Losing patent protection is generally undesirable from the perspective of a patent owner, especially if you haven’t maximised the market...
Zombie Trademarks: Night of the living (dead) Trade Marks – a story for Halloween
It is that time of year again, when things go bump in the night, indeed as the night draws in and it grows darker. Things are getting a little...
Patents – Keep a Secret or File a Patent?
Something that comes up time and time again when new inventors are thinking about how best to protect their idea is whether a patent is...