Designs & Copyright

2011 was a year of the Arab Spring, the Fukushima disaster, the end of Osama bin Laden and the entry…

‘Fake News’ is everywhere, but where’s the discussion around fake cosmetics? Why are consumers happy to buy fake cosmetics? And,…

What were the final items you picked up before leaving home this morning? Chances are that it was your keys….

If you are considering filing for a registered design but don’t know where to start, here is a useful summary…

Changes to the law on groundless threats of infringement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the UK come into force…

Registered designs are becoming an increasingly important part of a company’s IP portfolio. For simple or whole products, protection is…

There’s a veggie-driven revolution going on in the food industry right now. Led by customer demand for meat alternatives (the…

What is IP? IP can be a trade mark (which is the legal name for your brand), a design (which…

Registered designs protect the appearance of an article.  Filing an application is easy, and is fairly quick and inexpensive.  But,…

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

Over the next few months we’ll be bringing you a series of articles looking into design protection. Today, patent attorney…

With the revival of old British brands on the rise and many manufacturers applying the concept of being ‘British’ in…