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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…

We were pleased to accept an invitation from Aston University to add some real-world experience to the intellectual property (IP)…

Nick Braddon helped raise money for Breast Cancer Care by joining Wright Hassall’s team for the Tour de Law.  The…

From 24 November 2014 the Community Trade Mark Office (OHIM) is changing the way it examines trade mark applications in order…

One of our trade mark associates, Lisa King, was invited by the England China Business Forum (ECBF) to talk to…

Recent changes in the UK mean that it may now be easier, quicker and cheaper to get a UK patent…

Main provisions of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 (the “Act”) come into force today, introducing a number of changes. The…