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As long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, it seems there will always be…

Birmingham Intellectual Property (IP) firm Barker Brettell has won a coveted place on the panel of patent attorney advisors to…

The European Union Observatory on infringements of Intellectual Property rights (the Observatory) published a report in July 2016 focussing on…

If claim 1 of a patent application or patent encompasses subject matter in the prior art, something has to be…

The EPO has announced that from 1st November 2016 the signatures of both the assignor and assignee will be required…

At times an applicant may wish to accelerate prosecution of a UK application in the UK national phase of a…

Over the next few months we’ll be bringing you a series of articles looking into design protection. Today, patent attorney…

Figures just released by the UK Government reveal the take up of the tax saving Patent Box scheme in its…

Register before 31 December 2016 to ensure protection A new trade mark law has been published in the Cayman Islands…

Market demand for novel clean packaging solutions is on the rise as environmental concerns increase, crude oil becomes more expensive…

The European Patent Office (EPO) brought in new guidelines on 1st July 2016 which aim to simplify the opposition procedure…

Owners of EUTM registrations with a Nice class heading have just four days left to file a declaration Following the…