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Launch of the Open Register of Patent Ownership
Last week, the Open Register of Patent Ownership (ORoPO) was launched, in the aim of creating a user-friendly and freely…
Read MoreDesigns for the future – practical advice for filing international design applications
The US and Japan recently joined the Hague System that provides for international protection of industrial designs, to take the…
Read MoreDo you want to sell your patent to Google?
Google Inc. has recently announced what it calls a “Patent Purchase Promotion”, inviting patent owners to offer to sell their…
Read MoreEggciting launch for Barker Brettell client
Barker Brettell’s food & drink client the New Egg Company has recently launched Yowk ® (http://www.yowk.co.uk/) – a highly innovative…
Read MoreBarker Brettell in top-tier university tender success
Barker Brettell has been selected as one of only four patent attorney firms on Isis Innovation’s panel for providing patent filing…
Read MoreAn easy route to patent protection in Morocco – just extend your European patent
A new option for obtaining patent protection will soon be available in Morocco, which will allow the rights there to…
Read MoreReferral to the EPO Enlarged Board on partial priority
The inconsistency in the EPO Boards of Appeal in the problem of assessing partial priority has been recognised and is…
Read MoreThe two faces of January: looking back and looking forwards at IP
January is widely considered to be named after a Roman god, Janus, who had two faces, which allowed him to…
Read MoreBringing IP lawsuits in the UK: the system works
IP rights have a range of benefits, e.g. in terms of marketing, negotiations and obtaining funding, but sometimes it is…
Read MoreUnregistered design right protection in the UK: a genuine asset
UK unregistered design rights are an important commercial asset and can provide effective and valuable protection in many business sectors….
Read MoreWhat is “technical” at the European Patent Office? Understanding flaws in some common arguments helps understand what is required.
It can, in terms of EPO patent applications, be hard to understand what is technical. A 2013 case explored some…
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