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Electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle ownership is soaring and the recent release of several government transport infrastructure plans and…

One of the key questions regarding the unitary patent was answered last month, when the European Patent Office (EPO) formally…

The advent of affordable 3D printers has meant that almost anyone with the will can now print three dimensional articles…

The European Parliament, Council and Commission has now agreed to changes to the Trademark Directive 2008/95/ EC (Directive) and the…

Many businesses file for patents, designs and trade marks without a longer-term plan to re-assess the need for these Intellectual…

Lego has won a lengthy trade mark battle after the General Court ruled that the Lego man is held to…

Last week, the Open Register of Patent Ownership (ORoPO) was launched, in the aim of creating a user-friendly and freely…

The US and Japan recently joined the Hague System that provides for international protection of industrial designs, to take the…

Monday 15 June 2015 is being designated “Beer Day Britain” in an initiative encouraging those involved in the industry to…

The long-running battle initiated by Sky UK against the Microsoft-owned company Skype for the use of “SKY” in its mark…

Following our previous articles concerning the new gTLD releases, it is clear that the Internet is changing. Hundreds of new domain name extensions, or generic top-level domains (gTLDs), are starting to appear online and it is important that brand owners are ready for these changes.

Google Inc. has recently announced what it calls a “Patent Purchase Promotion”, inviting patent owners to offer to sell their…