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Legal Action by the UK Intellectual Property Office
The UK Intellectual Property Office has shown that it really does believe in intellectual ...
The UK Intellectual Property Office has shown that it really does believe in intellectual property, by successfully taking a legal action for "passing off". - Read more
Changes to Ownership of UK Design Right
This is the second of a five part series looking at the effect of the Intellectual Propert...
This is the second of a five part series looking at the effect of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 on design law in the UK. In this part we consider the chang - Read more
Upcoming Changes to Patent Law in South Korea
The South Korean Patent Act has been amended and the changes will, mostly, come into effec...
The South Korean Patent Act has been amended and the changes will, mostly, come into effect on 1 January 2015. - Read more
PCT Yearly Review - 2014 Edition
WIPO, the organisational body which oversees Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international...
WIPO, the organisational body which oversees Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international applications, has released its “PCT Yearly Review, 2014 edition”. Thi - Read more
Surveys in UK Trade Mark Litigation - back from the dead?
Enterprise allowed to file survey in case against Europcar.
Enterprise allowed to file survey in case against Europcar. - Read more
Computer Implemented Inventions at the EPO
Software based patents can be obtained at the European Patent Office (EPO) if one understa...
Software based patents can be obtained at the European Patent Office (EPO) if one understands the EPO’s approach and one prepares patent applications accordingl - Read more
Forthcoming Changes to UK Design Law
This is the first of a five part series looking at the effect of the Intellectual Property...
This is the first of a five part series looking at the effect of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 on design law in the UK. In this first part we provide an ov - Read more
Lithuania to Close its ‘National PCT Route’
Lithuania will be joining several other European countries (including: France, Ireland and...
Lithuania will be joining several other European countries (including: France, Ireland and the Netherlands) that have closed their ‘national PCT route’. This me - Read more
Upcoming changes to Japanese Patent Law
An act to partially revise the Japanese Patent Act has been passed into law but has not ye...
An act to partially revise the Japanese Patent Act has been passed into law but has not yet come into effect. The revision of the Japanese Patent Act is to “enh - Read more
Ramifications of Scottish Independence on Intellectual Property in the United Kingdom
With the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence, this article considers the effec...
With the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence, this article considers the effect of Scottish independence on intellectual property in the United King - Read more
Black and White Guidance on Black and White Trade Marks
Amongst many members of the intellectual property profession, the general view used to be ...
Amongst many members of the intellectual property profession, the general view used to be that a client wanting to protect a trade mark which contained colour s - Read more
New Way of Marking Patented Products
Forthcoming provisions in the Intellectual Property Act 2014 relating to marking patented ...
Forthcoming provisions in the Intellectual Property Act 2014 relating to marking patented products with an internet link - Read more