Advice on how to secure design right protection is plentiful, but is it effective? As the top UK representative filer…
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Five tips for anti-counterfeiting in the automotive sector
The more successful the brand, the more likely the products will be targeted by counterfeiters and the automotive industry is…
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Black plastic: the black sheep in the recycling industry
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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Canadian trade mark law changes
The long awaited changes to Canadian trade mark laws have finally been announced and will come into force as of…
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WTR1000 2019 gold ranking for Barker Brettell’s trade mark team
Intellectual property specialist Barker Brettell has been awarded gold tier status in the 2019 World Trademark Review (WTR), stepping up…
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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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