Food & Drink

Intellectual Property (IP) firm Barker Brettell has announced that Marcos Kauffman has been appointed IP Valuations Consultant to its IP…

For a number of years now, owners of different types of IP rights have been receiving unsolicited mail and invoices…

Intellectual Property (IP) law is not something that easily attracts the UK public’s attention. However this changed significantly when the…

The European Patent Office (EPO) and participating European Union countries are in the final stages of establishing the Unitary Patent…

What can the FMGC sector do to protect its branded products against copycats? Carole Drury, associate patent attorney at Barker…

The disappearance of blue Smarties® was a hammer blow that echoed through the mid-noughties. Nestlé®, reacting to fears that artificial…

Although patent systems around the world vary in their approach to patentability, one common requirement is that an invention must…

Just a decade ago, Cypriot halloumi cheese was considered a niche food, but since then its popularity has soared throughout…

According to The United Nations the world’s population is expected to increase by two billion people in the next 30…

When developing a new product, it can take years before it is a self-sustaining enterprise. This is a problem for…

Much has been written about why a startup company should invest in Intellectual Property (IP), or why it is vital…

Under the European Union (EU) protected food name scheme, there are three types of protection marks you can apply for:…