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 instance. In order...
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 application. ...
The UK IPO has recently published a report based on four-years of research into the attitudes and actions of ‘design-right owners’ when encountering infringement of their IP (intellectual property). The purpose of this research is to provide an insight...
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 claimed concept does...
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 1st August 2017,...
