UKIPO Opinion Services – Underused or Under-useful?
The devil makes work for idle hands. Whilst contemplating lunch at my desk, I found myself drawn to the UKIPO opinion service website
The Effect of The Coronavirus on Official Deadlines (Updated)
Normally, having to face moving goalposts would be a bad thing, but it is proving to be beneficial when it comes to IP deadlines falling during the Covid-19 pandemic. For now, deadlines before the UK Intellectual Property Office remain extended under the...
The Effect of the Coronavirus on Official Deadlines
National and regional intellectual property offices are, like all of us, feeling the effects of the on-going Covid-19 outbreak. Some of them have now extended deadlines or put into place corresponding measures which are aimed at helping you to weather the storm...
Carry On…Using Your Trade Mark!
The “use it or lose it” principle with regards to trade mark registrations applies in numerous jurisdictions around the world. However, as highlighted in a recent decision of the UKIPO involving three Trade Marks relating to the British “Carry On” film series,...