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FIGURE 1 MAGAZINE
Welcome to Figure 1, a magazine written and produced by Albright IP.
In each issue, we provide insights, updates and discussions about patents, trade marks, designs and other aspects of intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement, including comments directly from the people who matter the most – our clients.
The front cover of each Figure 1 magazine is below. Click the front cover image to Download.
If you would like to learn more about IP or discuss any of the issues raised in Figure 1, please do get in touch.
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 8
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 8
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Issue 8 covers the following topics:
- Updated UKIPO practice: Address for service requirements
- Help! Someone else has registered my domain name!
- Success! Albright IP defends patent against revocation
- Careers in IP – An Interview with Joel Weston, Trade Mark Attorney
- Duku celebrating 10 years
- IP in the entertainment industry
- Can you patent software?
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 7
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 7
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Issue 7 covers the following topics:
- An introduction to the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent
- IP untangled – training businesses on why IP matters
- Patent box – are you missing out?
- Careers in IP – An Interview with Cloe Loo, Patent Attorney
- Duku update – Innovate UK success & how IP has supported them
- IP advice – Keeping your invention secret, and keeping your eye on your trade marks
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 6
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 6
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Issue 6 covers the following topics:
- Financial Compensation for Intellectual Property Infringement
- Beyond Brexit for IP Owners
- Why Patent an Invention
- Duku funding success
- Careers in IP – An Interview with Katie Oliver, Director and Trade Mark Attorney
- The Phoenix Project
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 5
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 5
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Issue 5 covers the following topics:
- Is it time to use the ‘Green Channel’
- Brexit update
- Do you know where your IP is?
- Capturing innovation – protect your future assets
- Case law and the doctrine of equivalents
- Charging the future
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 4
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 4
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Issue 4 covers the following topics:
- What makes Software inventive?
- Does your brand travel well?
- IP to make Britain Great again
- The Inventor – interview with Wendy Thomson
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 3
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 3
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Issue 3 covers the following topics:
- Brexit update
- Are you missing out on the Patent Box?
- A talk with Auger Torque MD Alistair Brydon
- Trade Marks protecting you online
- Intellectual property symbols
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 2
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 2
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Issue 2 covers the following topics:
- Adrian Hocking talks about his 10 years at Albright IP
- The value in IP
- Protecting the protectors – Dan Rees, CEO, Ruroc
- Undertaking business in China? How to protect your brand
FIGURE 1 – ISSUE 1
Figure 1 Magazine – Issue 1
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Issue 1 covers the following topics:
- A new centre of innovation for the UK
- A chat with Drenched CEO and Founder Wes Sugden-Brook
- Shining a light on: Trademarks
- What’s going on at Duku
- So you’ve got your patent, but are you protected?
- Commercialising your eureka moment!