Designs & Copyright

For many, whilst COVID remains an issue, wearing a face mask at some point during day-to-day life has quickly become…

The impact of Brexit on trade marks and designs will be apparent from 1st January 2021. In the second episode…

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

Filing online at the UKIPO is easy and the official fees are low, so in principle it is a straightforward…

Two bicycle companies, Brompton Bicycle Limited and Get2Get, are in dispute at the Belgian Tribunal de l’entreprise de Liège over…

If you’re operating in the cosmetics sector, being in touch with the latest developments – whether they are technological innovations…

On the 31 January 2020, the UK and EU ratified the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement from the EU, meaning that the…

The Sinclair ZX80 is quite rightly remembered as the UK’s first mass-marker home computer, making Sir Clive Sinclair a household…

Many of us may be very proud of our cars; maybe we even think they are beautiful. But would anyone…

Advice on how to secure design right protection is plentiful, but is it effective? As the top UK representative filer…

Your designs are registered – time to put your feet up? Not necessarily. Managing your registered design rights can be…

Registered design protection provides the owner with an exclusive right to the design, and to take action to prevent third…