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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
Few things in life are free, but here’s a happy exception to the rule. Copyright exists automatically when you create a qualifying work. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act endows protection on your “literary, dramatic, musical or artistic...
As part of our continued growth we have recently purchased and moved into a new head office, County House in Cheltenham. The new premises have allowed us to co locate with our sister product design and production company, DUKU - creating a...
We provide a lot of patent advice and guidance to many designers, inventors, engineers and entrepreneurs. There are a number of common questions or points which, due to a general lack of education regarding intellectual property (IP), are asked...
Recent focus has been upon the impact that the Brexit decision may have upon EUTM rights. There has been an air of negativity that needs to be balanced. We have chosen to look at the positive attributes of the UKTM registration system, and to...
JW Spear & Sons Ltd & Others v Zynga Inc This case concerns a dispute between Mattel, maker of the famous word-forming physical and electronic board game SCRABBLE, and Zynga the world's largest social gaming company. In 2007 Zynga...
World Intellectual Property Day – the anniversary of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) convention in 1970 – falls every year on April 26. Move over St Lucidius of Verona, we now have a non-denominational excuse for a party this...
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) issued a revised Examination Guideline with an effective date of May 1, 2014, removing the exclusion of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) from obtaining design patents. Previously, the guidelines...
I reflect this morning that nature is indeed a cruel mistress; driving to work, I could not help but notice the soft ding coming from the bonnet of my car subsequent to a pair of small birds flying out of the hedge in the direction of the A40....
