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The rest of the country is just beginning to realise what Barker Brettell has known for many years: Birmingham is…

2016 was an interesting year for the EPO. Applications remained broadly flat at around 160,000, but (as we previously reported…

In the third article in our series on design protection Carrie Johnson, patent attorney and partner, compares and contrasts the…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed down its decision, on 15 February 2017,…

It’s an industry traditionally associated with unhurried rejuvenation and relaxation, but in reality keeping ahead of trends is challenging in…

In this article we look at some innovations taking place in the field of packaging, especially flexible plastic packaging. There…

2016 proved to be a busy year for the EPO, with more European patents granted than ever before.  Information from…

Trading under your name is an appealing idea, especially in the fashion world where designers frequently use their own names…

From Leicester City winning the Premier League to Donald Trump becoming the US president-elect, 2016 was a year of the…

Carrie Johnson, patent attorney and partner continues Barker Brettell’s series on design protection by looking into how designs and trade…

As another year passes, the latest figures on International IP activity for 2015 have been released by the World Intellectual…

Gaming technology has come a long way in the past four decades, developing from the earliest two-dimensional video games such…