In the UK, it is estimated that one million tonnes of plastic packaging goes to landfill every year. The 2015…
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It’s a hat trick for Barker Brettell as TM team scoops 2019 Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year award
Barker Brettell has been awarded ‘Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year 2019’ in the UK by Managing IP, the global…
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Bolstering your armoury against trade mark squatters in China
It is a problem that, as trade mark attorneys, we come across all too often – trade mark owners find…
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Barker Brettell opens Stockholm office
Barker Brettell, the UK-headquartered intellectual property (IP) specialist, will open the doors of its new Swedish office on the 1st…
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Designing the future
This article was previously published in Intellectual Property Magazine, November 2018. Registered designs are the fastest growing intellectual property right…
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C.A.S.E. study: the four letters directing the automotive sector
Whether you know it as CASE or ACES[i], the impact of those four letters on the automotive sector looks set…
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FIVE IP lessons every startup should remember…
As an early stage business, don’t be fooled into thinking that just because you are smaller, you have nothing to…
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Sufficiency vs. reward – the fundamental balance underpinning the patent system
The patent system operates on the basis of a simple premise—to encourage innovators to share the secrets of their new,…
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Grand designs on success – managing your registered design rights
Your designs are registered – time to put your feet up? Not necessarily. Managing your registered design rights can be…
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Quantum computing and the patent profession
This article was previously published in LexisNexis in the TMT analysis section of the September 2018 edition. Can quantum computing…
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Hand-cooked by robots
Love them or loathe them, robots are here to stay. And the influence of automation is only expected to grow…
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Sifting through the layers – exploring FTO rights in the cosmetics industry
An early adopter of using intellectual property (IP) to protect its innovation, the cosmetics industry has reached a point in…
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