Category: Patents
Camborne Trevithick Day – 27th April 2019
| 18th April 2019
We are pleased to be supporting Camborne Trevithick Day on 27th April 2019. This annual celebration commemorates Camborne’s most famous son, prolific inventor Richard Trevithick. The first commercially useful steam engine was developed in 1712 by Tho …
How Disclosing Your Invention Can Prevent You From Obtaining a Granted Patent
| 11th April 2019
Starting a business is an exciting adventure to embark upon. Unfortunately, Intellectual Property (IP) is too often an after-thought and mistakes made early on in the process can be detrimental to obtaining IP rights. Take patents for ins …
Mitigating the Effects of Prior Unpublished Patent Applications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?
Cost-effective biotechnology searches in the UK
| 20th February 2019
If you have an invention in the field of biotechnology, you should consider filing a UK patent application first. It could save you money on search fees, and give you an idea of patentability in Europe without even filing a European patent appli …
Can You Patent Cannabis Products?
| 7th January 2019
Following high profile legalisation in territories around the world (for example Canada, some states in the US and limited medicinal allowability in the UK), industry and financial institutions are recognising the commercial potential of cannabis. …
Overcoming UK Patent Rejections
| 14th November 2018
Many designers spend months and even years working on a development, only to encounter numerous barriers and hurdles raised by the Patent Office when trying to patent it. In many scenarios, the issue with the patent application is that the claim …
Financial Compensation for Intellectual Property Infringement
| 5th November 2018
An intellectual property right is fundamentally a right to prevent competitors from using your brand, invention, design, copyright work, or whatever. But what if they do? A rightsholder who successfully sues for infringement will be able to obtain an …
Albright IP and Duku get to root of the issue for dental client
| 2nd October 2018
Albright IP and sister product design company Duku have helped Harley Street Dentist Phillip Davies and Hygienist Laraine Wright to solve an everyday issue, with the launch of a new patent pending product line called Techsurg. The product …
“Poor Man’s Patent” – Fact or Fiction?
| 24th September 2018
Poor Man’s Patent – Fact or Fiction? From time to time the phrase ‘Poor Man’s Patent’ gets thrown around, seeming to imply there is a free or low-cost way of obtaining protection for your invention or idea. Below, we discuss what a ‘poor …
Accelerating your patent, utility model or design application in China
| 15th August 2018
Until recently, it was typically difficult for a non-Chinese applicant to accelerate a patent application, due to the requirement of submitting a request form sealed by a provincial Chinese IP Bureau the applicant is resident in. However, as of …
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