Earlier this year, luxury high-performance automotive manufacturer Porsche was in the spotlight for bringing legal action in the US against…
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My year as a placement student – what’s it really like to work for an Intellectual Property (IP) firm?
At Barker Brettell we acknowledge that sometimes it can be difficult for students to connect studying for a degree and…
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What’s in a name? Well, quite a lot really
Lucy Walker, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Partner at intellectual property experts Barker Brettell, agrees that trading under your name…
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The legal tightrope of brand mimicry by discount supermarkets
In the food and drink space, ‘dupes’ refer to alternative (often, lower cost) products that closely mimic well-known food and…
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Innovative technologies take flight – developments in avionics
Avionics have been instrumental in establishing modern aviation. Since the term – a portmanteau of “aviation electronics” – was coined…
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Highway to hydrogen?
The decarbonisation of road transport in the coming decades seems inevitable. Governments around the world are preparing to ban the…
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Why are humans smarter than llamas: limitations of modern AI
In the past 30 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has improved by leaps and bounds. Suitably programmed computers are very well…
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IP Funding schemes return to support innovative SMEs
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has just released details of the updated funding programme directed to supporting SMEs during…
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UPC tweaks EPO inventive step approach as Sanofi succeeds against Amgen
Abstract Shortly after celebrating its one-year anniversary, things look to be very much in full swing for the Unitary Patent…
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The outcome we probably expected. The Court of Appeal reaches a verdict on the Emotional Perception AI case
The Court of Appeal has now handed down the judgment in, arguably, the summer of 2024’s most anticipated UK patent…
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Registered Designs: The Lego exception and beyond
Registered Designs are an effective way to get some IP protection in place, particularly in cases where the bar for…
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Enlarged Board of Appeal referral on claim interpretation
As discussed in the article Does the description matter when the patent has been granted?, two referrals on claim interpretation…
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