Author: Jane Cureton

We are delighted to announce that Barker Brettell is now a corporate member of LoveBrum. LoveBrum is a registered charity…

Can we really say that, in today’s global economy, the size of an automotive brand is no longer important? Should…

A new referral to the European Patent Office’s highest court, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has again raised questions…

Lucy Trueman, head of Barker Brettell’s medical sector group presented the ‘Innovation Award’ to Ariane Medical Systems at the Medilink…

Barker Brettell, the UK-based Intellectual Property (IP) specialist will be sending ten of its attorneys to this year’s INTA conference…

In a positive step for car companies around the world, a Chinese Court recently held that the Land Wind X7,…

Barker Brettell’s trainee patent attorney Rob Sansby, a former Commonwealth Games gymnast, looks at five of his favourite sports industry…

A patent for an invention provides its owner with the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale…

This article was originally published in the January 2019 edition of CITMA Review. Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd (Mitsubishi) holds a…

Advice on how to secure design right protection is plentiful, but is it effective? As the top UK representative filer…

The more successful the brand, the more likely the products will be targeted by counterfeiters and the automotive industry is…

In the UK, it is estimated that one million tonnes of plastic packaging goes to landfill every year. The 2015…