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Breaking: UKIPO announces new rules for service from 1st January 2021
From 1st January 2021, it will be necessary to have a UK or Channel Islands address for service for new…
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Focus on Barker Brettell: WTR EUIPO Filing Elite 2020
Head of Barker Brettell’s trade mark team, Catherine Wiseman, and trade mark partner Tracy Arch recently took part in a…
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Barker Brettell to attend Virtual INTA 2020
INTA 2020 may have re-located from Singapore to a virtual platform, but Barker Brettell will still be attending this major…
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UK design rights in a post-Brexit world
With 50 days until the Brexit transition period ends, we explore the impact this will have on European Community design…
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Charitable shield: the role of IP in the not-for-profit sector
It’s not often a charitable organisation hits the headlines over an Intellectual Property (IP) dispute. But recently the actor Laurence…
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Silencing the counterfeiters – are face masks their new target?
For many, whilst COVID remains an issue, wearing a face mask at some point during day-to-day life has quickly become…
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Top five trends in agtech 2020
According to The United Nations the world’s population is expected to increase by two billion people in the next 30…
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Merck-y waters? Court rules US online retailer without sales in the UK still infringes trade mark
Background In the recent case Merck v Merck the High Court considered issues remitted by the Court of Appeal in…
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Global law directory Legal 500 ranks Barker Brettell trade mark team ‘Tier One’
Legal 500, the directory that globally analyses the capabilities of law firms, has ranked Intellectual Property (IP) specialist Barker Brettell’s…
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Navigating actions before UK & EU IPO post Brexit
The impact of Brexit on trade marks and designs will be apparent from 1st January 2021. In the second episode…
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Daimler not playing FRAND: Nokia successfully argues licence requirements not met
Last year, we published an article on the role of Standards Essential Patents (SEPs) in the automotive industry. As discussed…
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