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The soft drinks industry levy nicknamed the ‘sugar tax’ was announced in the 2016 Budget and was a key part…

Intellectual Property (IP) can be important for any business, but for startups it can be a vital tool to help…

In 2015 £12.5 billion of food waste (£470 per household) was generated in the UK, contributing to a global total…

This year Barker Brettell’s automotive team headed up by Dr Andy Tranter, patent attorney and partner, will be publishing a…

Registered designs protect the appearance of an article.  Filing an application is easy, and is fairly quick and inexpensive.  But,…

Cambodia has signed a Validation Agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO) to recognise European patents in Cambodia. This agreement…

Recently there have been several stories in the media about how we are all at risk of being replaced by…

The rest of the country is just beginning to realise what Barker Brettell has known for many years: Birmingham is…

2016 was an interesting year for the EPO. Applications remained broadly flat at around 160,000, but (as we previously reported…

In the third article in our series on design protection Carrie Johnson, patent attorney and partner, compares and contrasts the…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed down its decision, on 15 February 2017,…

It’s an industry traditionally associated with unhurried rejuvenation and relaxation, but in reality keeping ahead of trends is challenging in…