The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently announced that design data from the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) is available…
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The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) recently announced that design data from the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) is available…
Read MoreThis article was first published on Lexis®PSL IP on 11 September 2017. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL. Since the 1st October 2017, ‘virtual’ or ‘web’ marking of…
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Read MoreChanges to the law on groundless threats of infringement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the UK come into force…
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Read MoreRegistered designs are becoming an increasingly important part of a company’s IP portfolio. For simple or whole products, protection is…
Read MoreThere’s a veggie-driven revolution going on in the food industry right now. Led by customer demand for meat alternatives (the…
Read MoreWhat is IP? IP can be a trade mark (which is the legal name for your brand), a design (which…
Read MoreThe UK Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the decision of the High Court (HC) that the shape of Nestlé’s…
Read MoreRegistered designs protect the appearance of an article. Filing an application is easy, and is fairly quick and inexpensive. But,…
Read MoreSection 52 of the UK’s Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) was repealed on 28 July 2016. A…
Read MoreFrom Leicester City winning the Premier League to Donald Trump becoming the US president-elect, 2016 was a year of the…
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