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 work for you. In a world where...
World Intellectual Property Day 2021 – This year we’re celebrating IP & SMEs Every April 26, we celebrate World IP Day to recognise the role that intellectual property rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. This year Albright IP and the @WIPO is...
Many business owners are unaware of the importance of registering their Trade Marks, even though this may become one of their most valuable assets. This can be because many wrongly assume that once they have registered their name at Companies House, or have secured a...
A quick summary of two relatively recent court decisions in the UK explaining why having a British granted patent now gives you generally greater protection under the newly adopted ‘doctrine of equivalents’ without the limitation of ‘file history estoppel’....
The arrival of the Coronavirus onto the world’s stage has brought into sharp focus the need for businesses to combine thinking on their feet with innovation and creativity. As we celebrated World Intellectual Property Day on the 26th April, it is a chance to...
Acceleration – it is possible to fast track the progress of your patent application before the UK IPO, for example, if you require a granted patent to determine a successful outcome in licensing negotiations. However, acceleration is at the discretion of the UK IPO and reasons in support of your request must be provided.
