Design can be fundamental to a product’s success or failure in the marketplace. However, in the UK it seems that…
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Clearinghouse and sunrise proposals in respect of generic top level domain names
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved plans to increase the number of top-level domain names…
Read MoreBeware of unsolicited invitations in relation to intellectual property
There continue to be a significant number of companies writing directly to intellectual property (IP) rights owners, offering publication or…
Read MorePudsey’s cake sale
Friday 16 November was a great day to be in the office as we held our annual cake sale for…
Read MoreThe power of packaging and branding
The British Brands Group has commissioned three reports to look into relevance of packaging and the role it plays in…
Read MoreGeneric top level domain names – an update
At present, there are 22 generic Top Level Domain names (gTLDs) including .com, .org and .net. However, with ICANN’s new…
Read MoreThe Patents County Court – an overview
The Patents County Court (PCC) was set up in 1990 in response to concerns that the UK High Court was…
Read MoreNominet launches consultation on new .uk domain names
Nominet is a public purpose internet company which has been running the .uk country code Top Level Domain name registry…
Read MoreUnsolicited reminders about renewal of IP rights
We have recently become aware of organisations that are sending out unsolicited reminders about renewal of IP rights. They cover…
Read MoreBarker Brettell goes pink!
For the second year we participated in the Pink Friday campaign to show our support for Breast Cancer Care. This…
Read MoreNew funding available for university/industry collaborations
The Fast Forward competition run by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) is open for entries again. Now in…
Read MorePatents County Court update: small claims track effective October 2012
The Patents County Court (PCC) has introduced a small claims track, for claims under £5,000, which can be used for…
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