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Online marketplaces are realising that, in order to continue to enjoy the goodwill of genuine small businesses that use their…

When did simple or minimal branding become so desirable? Did it start with Coco Chanel’s No.5 perfume bottle in 1924?…

Can we really say that, in today’s global economy, the size of an automotive brand is no longer important? Should…

A new referral to the European Patent Office’s highest court, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has again raised questions…

A patent for an invention provides its owner with the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale…

This article was originally published in the January 2019 edition of CITMA Review. Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd (Mitsubishi) holds a…

Advice on how to secure design right protection is plentiful, but is it effective? As the top UK representative filer…

The more successful the brand, the more likely the products will be targeted by counterfeiters and the automotive industry is…

In the UK, it is estimated that one million tonnes of plastic packaging goes to landfill every year. The 2015…

Barker Brettell has been awarded ‘Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year 2019’ in the UK by Managing IP, the global…

It is a problem that, as trade mark attorneys, we come across all too often – trade mark owners find…

Barker Brettell, the UK-headquartered intellectual property (IP) specialist, will open the doors of its new Swedish office on the 1st…