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Intellectual property specialist Barker Brettell has been awarded gold tier status in the 2019 World Trademark Review (WTR), stepping up…

As an early stage business, don’t be fooled into thinking that just because you are smaller, you have nothing to…

Cannabis research firm Brightfield Group, recently raised its projections for the CBD (cannabidiol) industry, finding it could reach $22 billion…

From Argentinean to Austrian, Brazilian to Belgian and Colombian to Cypriot, the global street food market has exploded in recent…

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

The cosmetics industry is one of the most lucrative in the world. In the UK alone, it has an estimated…

The legalisation of cannabis is a hot topic. Some of the major US states have already, or will soon be,…

We have previously reported here on the PRETUL case, which confirmed that original equipment manufacturing (OEM) use of a trade…

The importance of considering social media backlash as part of your IP enforcement strategy If you’re ‘Crazy In Love’ with…

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) comes into effect on 25 May 2018. It will mean tighter controls on…

As somebody who ensures brands are legally protected for a living, my position is obviously going to be that companies…

Protectable ‘innovative’ product designs versus generic ‘innovative’ product designs – a product development warning. What is innovation? According to Gary…