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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
The United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union on the 29 March 2019. Whilst the precise terms of exit are yet to be agreed, in March 2018, the European Commission and the UK published the first draft of a Withdrawal...
Trucking start-up company Nikola have sued Tesla for $2 billion, alleging that Tesla have infringed their US design patents for an alternative fuel truck. Nikola is a start-up company founded by self-described serial entrepreneur...
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...
Today is world IP day, which celebrates Intellectual Property in all its forms. On this day in 1970, the convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation came into force. World IP day celebrates the ways different types of IP...
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is generally known for granting patent, design and trade mark rights based on suitable applications. It is perhaps less well-known for invalidating or revoking those same rights, which can be more...
Looking at patents filed by large technology companies is often a fun way of having a sneak peek of the latest tech ideas in the pipeline. Whilst the companies might not use the patents even if they grant, it can give an insight on the direction...
You might think that, with Samsung’s exploding phones and Apple ordered to pay a €13 billion Irish tax bill, these two technology giants would have more important things to worry about than design patents. But with about $400 million on the...
The UK IPO recently announced that the official fees for UK Registered Designs are due to be reduced. It is planned that, from October 2016, the costs for renewing a UK Registered Design will be significantly lower. Savings on official renewal...
