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Following a recent notice from the European Patent Office (EPO), some applicants may be permitted to file divisional applications later…

There has been an increase in the number of “scam” approaches that clients are reporting to us whereby unscrupulous organisations…

Anne Wilkinson, Growth Manager for Birmingham Solihull Bromsgrove, visited our Birmingham office on 10 January 2013 to talk to our…

On Friday 22 March (rescheduled from Wednesday 23 January 2013, due to wintry weather conditions) we will be hosting our first event of the…

This December Barker Brettell once again held its Christmas lunch for retired staff.  In what has become an annual tradition,…

The Patent Box scheme intends to encourage investment and growth in the UK by incentivising the development of innovative, patented…

Design can be fundamental to a product’s success or failure in the marketplace.  However, in the UK it seems that…

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved plans to increase the number of top-level domain names…

There continue to be a significant number of companies writing directly to intellectual property (IP) rights owners, offering publication or…

Friday 16 November was a great day to be in the office as we held our annual cake sale for…

The British Brands Group has commissioned three reports to look into relevance of packaging and the role it plays in…

At present, there are 22 generic Top Level Domain names (gTLDs) including .com, .org and .net.  However, with ICANN’s new…