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On your marks, get set, go … for changes at the UKIPO
This article was first published on Lexis®PSL IP on 11 September 2017. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL. Since the 1st October 2017, ‘virtual’ or ‘web’ marking of…
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An update on software patentability in the US
The patentability of software inventions in the US has been developing in recent years following the game changing 2014 Supreme…
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One further step forward in China
In recent years, China has been taking active steps to tighten its laws to tackle the ongoing problem of trade…
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It’s a wrap: EU simplifies legislation for moving trade marks
It’s a jungle out there: today’s internet-saturated market forces brands to jostle for position, pushing them to grab consumers attention…
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To threaten or not to threaten… that is the question!
Changes to the law on groundless threats of infringement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the UK come into force…
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The essential Intellectual Property (IP) guide for small businesses
What is IP? IP can be a trade mark (which is the legal name for your brand), a design (which…
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UPC entry into operation set for further delay
The entry into operation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will not occur in December 2017, the previously announced target…
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All it’s cracked ‘UP’ to be?
Irrespective of Brexit, the unitary patent (UP) agreement may come into force by early next year. When a European patent…
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Hague Design Registrations to be able to designate the Russian Federation in the Near Future
The Federation council of Russia has just approved a federal law ratifying the Hague Agreement. The law will come into…
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Woofed out of court!
No one would possibly associate a high end restaurant with the manufacturer of pet food right? Wrong. The High Court…
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Has ‘fake news’ infiltrated IP statistics? Reading between the lines of the latest Chinese IP figures
An earlier version of this article, ‘The Rise of Chinese IP?’, was previously published on tuftythecat.blogspot.co.uk A recent article has…
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