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,...
Just imagine: you have spent years working on a brilliant idea which will make your fortune, only to find that four or five years down the line, the scrooges at the Patent Office refuse to acknowledge the patentability of your invention. What are you to do?...
The United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union on the 29 March 2019. Whilst the precise terms of exit are yet to be agreed, in March 2018, the European Commission and the UK published the first draft of a Withdrawal Agreement. This is the most...
Trucking start-up company Nikola have sued Tesla for $2 billion, alleging that Tesla have infringed their US design patents for an alternative fuel truck. Nikola is a start-up company founded by self-described serial entrepreneur Trevor Milton, aiming to...
On the 20 May 2016, standardised plain cigarette packaging became compulsory in the United Kingdom. On the second anniversary of this legislation, Albright IP has been considering the effect it has had on the trade marks traditionally associated with...