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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
Despite the recession, there are still a large number of individuals coming up with wonderful ideas, which they want to patent and exploit. The UK Intellectual Property Office will provide an inventor with an illustrated colour brochure...
Obtaining a patent can be fairly costly, and for SMEs, this cost can make a big difference when applying for patent protection. However, the 2011 Budget has announced that it will be introducing a significant increase in tax relief for...
The UK Patent Office (UK IPO) has introduced a fast tracking process for UK patent applications which relate to ‘green’ or environmentally friendly technology. If this is requested, then publication of the application will take place after about...
The proposed 'Patent Box' provides a preferential tax rate for profits arising from patents. Politicians on all sides have long recognised the important contribution made by intellectual property rights to the UK economy. Indeed,...
If you have an invention and wish to obtain protection, what should your strategy be? The easy answer might be to obtain as many good patents as possible, in any and all countries where your invention might be of commercial value. But in...
If you create an original work, it may be eligible for copyright protection. Once your work has left your mind and has physical form, then it will be covered automatically by copyright, as spelt out in the Berne Convention of 1886, to...
On a number of occasions each month, anxious clients contact us having received an urgent email, often from Chinese Domain Registration companies, informing them that a third party has applied to register a domain name that includes their...
*UPDATED - July 19* (Or The Difference Between Provisional And Non-Provisional Patent Applications) We are often asked by clients whether a ‘quick’ or rough patent application can be submitted in order to achieve a lower cost for...
