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Part Two – Party Election Manifesto Analysis on Intellectual Property and Research and Innovation: The Green Party
In the second part of the Election Series, Mahir Raoof casts an eye over the Green Party m...
In the second part of the Election Series, Mahir Raoof casts an eye over the Green Party manifesto and seeks to understand how they will grow the UK’s intellect - Read more
Swindell & Pearson – Manifesto Analyses
Mahir Raoof provides a detailed manifesto analysis on each of the five main party’s manife...
Mahir Raoof provides a detailed manifesto analysis on each of the five main party’s manifestos seeking to identify their pledges and policies on areas of intell - Read more
Part One – Party Manifesto Analysis on Intellectual Property and Research and Innovation: Conservatives
In the first piece of the Election Series, Mahir Raoof looks at the Conservative Party, wh...
In the first piece of the Election Series, Mahir Raoof looks at the Conservative Party, what they’ve done and what they plan to do around intellectual property, - Read more
Obtaining Registered Design Rights in Japan and the US is now Easier
Japan and the US have enacted respective national provisions to become members of the Hagu...
Japan and the US have enacted respective national provisions to become members of the Hague Agreement which is an international, multi-jurisdiction system for t - Read more
Strong Growth in UK companies Seeking Patent Protection Abroad
Recently released official figures reveal a significant increase in the number of internat...
Recently released official figures reveal a significant increase in the number of international patent applications being filed by UK companies. - Read more
Swindell & Pearson at Made in the Midlands with Baker Tilly
Swindell & Pearson recently hosted a joint roundtable discussion with Baker Tilly, bringin...
Swindell & Pearson recently hosted a joint roundtable discussion with Baker Tilly, bringing together members of manufacturing organisation, Made in the Midlands - Read more
£2,000 Vouchers for Intellectual Property with S&P – Apply before 31 March 2015!
Swindell & Pearson is delighted to announce that you can now apply for a voucher of up to ...
Swindell & Pearson is delighted to announce that you can now apply for a voucher of up to £2,000 from the Government to pay for our intellectual property servic - Read more
Who Applies for European Patents?
Recently published statistics from the EPO reveal some interesting qualitative indications...
Recently published statistics from the EPO reveal some interesting qualitative indications as to how important or popular European patents might be to organisat - Read more
Validation of European Patents in Morocco
European patent applications filed after 1st March 2015 can now be validated in Morocco. W...
European patent applications filed after 1st March 2015 can now be validated in Morocco. With more non-European states are expected to become so-called “Validat - Read more
All Rabbit but no Win
In certain circumstances it is possible for the use of an identical trade mark to not be a...
In certain circumstances it is possible for the use of an identical trade mark to not be an infringement. The High Court has recently decided on a case where th - Read more
Intellectual Property Ownership in the UK
In this article, we review the laws governing ownership of intellectual property (IP) in t...
In this article, we review the laws governing ownership of intellectual property (IP) in the UK and discuss how these laws vary for different types of IP. We al - Read more
S&P Helps Client Secure IP for Smart Headphones
For over 20 years Duncan Walsh has been a professional squash player achieving success in ...
For over 20 years Duncan Walsh has been a professional squash player achieving success in winning championships. Frustrated with the design limitations of conve - Read more