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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
A granted patent will always lapse or expire eventually, normally by 20 years from the date it was originally filed, and plenty of patents permanently lapse earlier than that for a variety of reasons. With that in mind, you might rightly wonder: is it safe to copy the invention that was in the patent? The answer is not as straightforward you might think.
Registering an internet domain name is cheap and simple. But what happens if someone gets there first with your business name? It would be better to avoid the problem altogether, and we would always recommend checking domain availability and getting trade marks registered in advance of a public rebrand.
The devil makes work for idle hands. Whilst contemplating lunch at my desk, I found myself drawn to the UKIPO opinion service website
There is a lot to entertain the curious follower of patent law in the High Court’s judgment in Shenzhen Carku v The Noco Company .
In 2017 the Supreme Court in Actavis v Eli Lily[1] established the doctrine of equivalents in UK patent law. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the Supreme Court reminded us that equivalents could infringe or brought the doctrine back...
The interest in Intellectual Property led entertainment does show how great rewards can coalesce around a single coherent vision, if the right steps are taken to protect what you have created.
Prior patent documents nearly always arise in the patenting process. They are important to consider for two main reasons, and not everyone understands that each prior patent document encountered needs consideration from these two angles. “Prior...
Adrian Hocking, Patents Director at Albright IP, talks about Albright IP’s ‘IP Untangled’ workshop and why Intellectual Property training can be invaluable to both businesses and their people…
