Trade marks

It’s always been a grey area of the law, and no more so than in the car industry: when can…

There’s a veggie-driven revolution going on in the food industry right now. Led by customer demand for meat alternatives (the…

What is IP? IP can be a trade mark (which is the legal name for your brand), a design (which…

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

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

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

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

Fashion Fashion is a field that prides itself on being cutting edge or avant-garde, particularly at the level of the…

It is conventional wisdom that registering a trade mark in plain word format provides a business with the strongest rights…

Increasingly British engineering and university sectors are taking the lead in innovative ventures, so Barker Brettell is delighted to note…

With the revival of old British brands on the rise and many manufacturers applying the concept of being ‘British’ in…

Today images bombard our senses, vying for our attention as we go about our day to day business, seeping into…