Intellectual Property (IP) law is not something that easily attracts the UK public’s attention. However this changed significantly when the…
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Are smartphones about to get smarter? With terahertz spectroscopy, it certainly looks that way…
The number of UK smartphones users reached 55.5 million in 2021. This means that nearly 83% of the population have…
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New Space Race promises commercial opportunities and technological innovation in the UK
In the past decade there has been a significant shift in how the space sector operates. Unlike the Space Race…
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How to protect a technical effect with a patent – the endless possibilities of selection inventions
Innovation in materials science often creates high levels of interest from the scientific community as well as the commercial world….
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Digital technology, pharmaceutical and green transport patent applications increase as the EPO’s latest figures confirm European patent applications return to growth
The European Patent Office’s latest patent index shows that patent applications filed at the EPO hit a record number in…
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Are you intending to opt out of the Unified Patent Court?
The European Patent Office (EPO) and participating European Union countries are in the final stages of establishing the Unitary Patent…
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Retaining brand values behind closed doors
As the coronavirus tsunami crashed through the economy, wiping an estimated £1.7bn off the UK cosmetics and toiletries industry in…
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Act now to continue IP protection in the UK: Brexit transition period for EU trade marks and designs ends on the 30th September 2021
Following the UK’s departure from the EU on the 31st December 2020, the end of the transition period is now…
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Does EV signal the demise of automotive brands?
“People can have the Model T in any colour, so long as it’s black,” Henry Ford famously said when he…
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‘Work of Art’ or brand violation? MSCHF settles as Nike stamps on trade mark infringement
Nike has recently reached a settlement with the Brooklyn art collective, MSCHF, over the alleged infringement of a pair of…
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Post-Brexit trade mark rights: Barker Brettell explains the updated processes
At the end of the Brexit transition period the UKIPO created comparable UK rights for all EU registrations and EU…
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Branching out: how to protect your business in new territories
The Coronavirus pandemic and Brexit may have caused an, albeit temporary, double whammy of business uncertainty, but important commercial opportunities…
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