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In this article we look at some innovations taking place in the field of packaging, especially flexible plastic packaging. There…

Birmingham headquartered Intellectual Property (IP) advisor Barker Brettell LLP, has launched ‘Euro IP’ – a microsite designed specifically for US…

2016 proved to be a busy year for the EPO, with more European patents granted than ever before.  Information from…

Section 52 of the UK’s Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) was repealed on 28 July 2016.  A…

Barker Brettell would like to thank its clients, business contacts and peers in the legal industry for the glowing feedback…

Trading under your name is an appealing idea, especially in the fashion world where designers frequently use their own names…

From Leicester City winning the Premier League to Donald Trump becoming the US president-elect, 2016 was a year of the…

Carrie Johnson, patent attorney and partner continues Barker Brettell’s series on design protection by looking into how designs and trade…

When a European Patent is granted the applicant has to decide on the countries in which the patent will be…

As another year passes, the latest figures on International IP activity for 2015 have been released by the World Intellectual…

We have written previously in January 2015 and in June 2016 about the case G 1/15 before the Enlarged Board…

The saga of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has taken another twist, meaning that the much talked about court system…