Category: IP Strategy
Opposing A European Patent On A Tight Schedule
| 18th February 2021
What do you do when you are up against a competitor’s European patent, and you have minimal time to oppose or revoke the patent in order to operate freely? You know the story – you’ve geared up for an all-important product launch, and take one l …
Where’s your IP at?
| 18th February 2021
Julia House, Director and UK & European Trade Mark Attorney at Albright IP talks about their IP portal and the challenges companies face when managing multiple brands… Put simply, if you don’t know what you’ve got, then you can’t make it work for y …
Why should you patent an invention?
| 18th February 2021
When a prospective client approaches Albright IP, they usually have a reasonably clear idea about what they would like us to do. If they have a new innovation which they regard as an invention, then what they really want is a granted patent to …
Brexit: Picking Apart EU and UK Unregistered Designs
| 10th February 2021
Introduction Unregistered design rights in Europe and the UK can provide useful and quite powerful additional tools for the IP owner. Since the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union, and as such the United Kingdom is no longer covered …
Winning An Opposition Against A European Patent
| 19th December 2020
This brief case study provides an overview of strategies for winning an opposition submitted against a European Patent. The statistics for opposition of a European patent before the European Patent Office (EPO) suggest that the process can be co …
How Patents Can Let You Make Money from Covid-19
| 3rd December 2020
If you watched the Downing Street press briefing on Monday 23rd November 2020 then, amongst the utterances of “jolly” and “alas” from the UK Prime Minister, you may have noticed a comment from Prof Andrew Pollard. Prof Pollard – director …
Mitigating the Effects of Prior Unpublished Patent Applications
| 12th March 2019
Prior art searching is one of the most difficult things to get right in the IP sector, since any search is open-ended. How do you know whether there is a knockout document which discloses something identical to your invention that has just not been found, or whether it just does not exist?
4 Ways to Fund your Business
| 27th June 2018
We are often asked if there are options to help fund the growth of a business. If you innovate, then the answer is yes! Let’s take a look at some of the options: 1. R&D tax credits Research and Development credits …
Do you remember the Marlboro Man? A World without Trade Marks
| 9th May 2018
On the 20 May 2016, standardised plain cigarette packaging became compulsory in the United Kingdom. On the second anniversary of this legislation, Albright IP has been considering the effect it has had on the trade marks traditionally ass …
How to Lose your British Patent (three times)
| 8th November 2017
Losing patent protection is generally undesirable from the perspective of a patent owner, especially if you haven’t maximised the market potential of your product. So, when the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) grants you a patent, you wouldn’t …
