May 19, 2023 Live long and... patent By Jack Stevenson-Hill A colleague sent me this article today because they thought I'd find it interesting - mental note: I must remember not to tell my...
May 12, 2023 The Good Cup is a Eurovision winner By Susan Bradley The crowds flocking to the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend will no doubt need a whole lot of coffee to get them through the four...
May 10, 2023 Where engineering meets fashion, the boundary between technical concept and aesthetic creation blurs By Louise Mansion From the live colour changing garments on the Anrealage Autumn/Winter 23-24 runway, to the receipt printer dress created by Cameron...
Apr 27, 2023 Fascinating fashion coming out of AI Fashion Week By Samantha Collins It is really fascinating to see some of the designs that were shown at the recent AI Fashion Week. Of course, there are still a few...
Mar 31, 2023 The EUIPO 2023 Guidelines go live! By Erik Rõuk Eagerly anticipated - and much appreciated - updates to the EUIPO Trade Mark and Design guidelines have just been published today!...
Mar 24, 2023 Wallace & Gromit and “Cracking Ideas” for young inventors! By Erik Rõuk Wallace and Gromit are at it again with the 14th edition of the “Cracking Ideas” competition! A great initiative from the UK Intellectual...
Feb 27, 2023 Puffer Jacket G-Class By Greg Carty-Hornsby In celebration of London Fashion Week, Mercedes has released a one-off concept vehicle based on its G-class 4x4 in the style of... a...
Feb 22, 2023 Launching into failure – Can IP remain valuable for “failed” products? By Amy Morris The Science Museum in London is a great place to spend an afternoon (or a full day), exploring and learning about human ingenuity, and...
Jan 30, 2023 Apple’s parts pairing policy – what does this mean for the third party repair market and IP infringement laws By Samuel Mailer With the release of the iPhone 14 last year came many plaudits for Apple, mainly for making the phone itself more ‘repairable’ than its...
Dec 13, 2022 Transport Research and Innovation Grants 2022 (TRIG 2022) now open to applicants By Robert Carpmael Today (13th December), Connected Places Catapult opened TRIG 2022 to applicants. The deadline for applications is 23:59 on 15 January...
Nov 24, 2022 Beware fake Black Friday goods. Think before you buy. By David Kemp In time for this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday Trading Standards and Meta have recently removed hundreds of listings of...
Nov 04, 2022 Predicted "longest ever" recession indicates a need for businesses to prepare for medium term pain By Ed Round The news that UK interest rates are to rise significantly, in the face of poor economic prospects for up to two years, means that...