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The Chinese trade mark office (CTMO) has announced that as of January 1, 2015 it will now accept trade mark…

The UK government has announced plans that will impact on the tax relief companies can claim in respect of research…

We are delighted that Barker Brettell was listed in the top ten for both UK trade mark filers and UK…

Barker Brettell assisted the Library of Birmingham with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2014 – aimed at inspiring and realising business ideas….

IP rights have a range of benefits, e.g. in terms of marketing, negotiations and obtaining funding, but sometimes it is…

It is self-evident that a company’s name is of great value; this initially serves to identify you to the public…

Last year the UK government launched a Patent Box incentive scheme, enabling companies with granted UK patents to benefit from…

UK unregistered design rights are an important commercial asset and can provide effective and valuable protection in many business sectors….

The Court of Appeal has delivered a decision in the long running trade mark battle between Specsavers and ASDA.  This…

We are very pleased to report that we now have a Nottingham office.  This new East Midlands location for the…

We are delighted to announce three new Partners at Barker Brettell: Mark Thurston, David Pearce and Ian Pearce. These promotions…

It can, in terms of EPO patent applications, be hard to understand what is technical. A 2013 case explored some…