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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 UK IPO has recently published a report based on four-years of research into the attitudes and actions of ‘design-right owners’ when encountering infringement of their IP (intellectual property). The purpose of this research is...
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...
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...
Whilst most incidences of trademark infringement are dealt with by the bringing of civil proceedings, it is an often-overlooked fact, that the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994) prescribes for an action for trademark infringement in criminal law....
The Biscuit Dilemma: How many times have you gone down to your local shop, picked up a packet of your favourite biscuits, in my case a packet of McVitie's chocolate digestives, only to arrive home and to find that you’ve been ‘duped’ into...
Here at Albright IP, we are always striving to find ways to help our clients be in control of valuable and effective intellectual property rights. In doing this we offer more than services relating to the drafting, filing, and prosecuting of...
In 2012, a shopkeeper, Jel Singh Nagra, decided to name his small convenience store ‘Singhbury’s’, setting the name against a bright orange colour scheme. The ‘Singhbury’s’ sign and associated colour scheme appeared eerily familiar, and perhaps,...
In the UK, a person who is threatened with an action for infringement of intellectual property rights (either Patent, Design right or Trademark) can sue the ‘threat maker’ where the threat is unjustified, or groundless. A threat would be...
