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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
This is probably the single piece of advice I give out most often as a Patent Attorney. It sounds simple but it's not always as easy as it seems. Secrecy is important because for a patent to be valid, the invention must be a new invention on...
Ever wondered what a court case in the UK involves? TV dramatisations often show the trial but there are numerous steps leading up to the trial - if the case even reaches trial at all. But first, what is a civil court case? In the UK, two types...
A career in IP can be a rewarding and interesting vocation and doesn’t require a law degree as an entry requirement. In fact, as Cloe Loo, Albright IP Patent Attorney explains Patent attorneys come into the profession with a technical or science-based degree…
(Research by Alysia Draper) Do you have an innovative new product that has been undergoing product manufacturing and development, and that you are now excited to share with the world? Perhaps you have already produced a prototype and are eager...
(Research by Alysia Draper) Do you have an innovative new product that has been undergoing product manufacturing and development, and that you are now excited to share with the world? Perhaps you have already produced a prototype and are eager...
As a general rule, mathematical methods are excluded from patentability, although practical applications involving mathematics may still be patentable (advances in cryptography, for example). However, mathematical terms themselves aren’t...
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...
There has certainly been a lot of discussion about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the past couple of years. It’s hard to find an IP blog which hasn’t posted on the topic… everyone seems to suspect that NFTs might have “something” to do with...
