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Woofed out of court!
No one would possibly associate a high end restaurant with the manufacturer of pet food right? Wrong. The High Court…
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Has ‘fake news’ infiltrated IP statistics? Reading between the lines of the latest Chinese IP figures
An earlier version of this article, ‘The Rise of Chinese IP?’, was previously published on tuftythecat.blogspot.co.uk A recent article has…
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Will the new Spanish patent law bring harmony in Europe?
A new Spanish patent law will come into place from 1 April 2017 which will have the effect of harmonising…
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IP for AI: can we patent an artificial human expert?
Recently there have been several stories in the media about how we are all at risk of being replaced by…
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Brum’s booming with entrepreneurs
The rest of the country is just beginning to realise what Barker Brettell has known for many years: Birmingham is…
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Grants up, backlog down – EPO Annual report 2016
2016 was an interesting year for the EPO. Applications remained broadly flat at around 160,000, but (as we previously reported…
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Continental comparisons – EU vs US design rights
In the third article in our series on design protection Carrie Johnson, patent attorney and partner, compares and contrasts the…
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Why innovation is at the root of the gardening industry’s success
It’s an industry traditionally associated with unhurried rejuvenation and relaxation, but in reality keeping ahead of trends is challenging in…
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