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...
Nov 03, 2022 The 25 Most Innovative Sports Teams in the World By Samuel Mailer It is commonly understood that in 21st Century elite level sport investment is a must for any team who simply wishes to even just stand...
Oct 20, 2022 Reinventing The Wheel By Sarah Chittock Yesterday I attended the MIA's Motorsport Engineering and Technology Show at Silverstone, and got to grips with a variety of motorsport...
Aug 31, 2022 Protecting creative vehicle designs By Robert Carpmael Vehicle manufacturers frequently create new designs that stand out. This can be the design of the overall vehicle, the design of external...
Jul 26, 2022 The Lego Exemption - EU registered design law for modular systems explored again. By Robert Carpmael In my co-authored article of 11th November 2011, I reported on the judgement from the General Court of the European Union in respect of...
Jul 21, 2022 Major infrastructure design work By Robert Carpmael Renders of the new bridges scheduled to be dotted along the HS2 railway line through Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Northants have...
Jul 14, 2022 Consultation outcome - "Call for views on designs" By Robert Carpmael The UK’s departure from the European Union has provided the UK Government with some freedom to reshape the domestic designs regime, be...
Jun 21, 2022 And we're off (again) at the UKIPO By Aimee Cawley It is fantastic news for both practitioners and applicants alike that the backlog in examination at the UK Intellectual Property Office...
May 30, 2022 Tractors: big, bigger, biggest (Or small, smaller, smallest?) By Robert Carpmael Developments to agricultural machinery span the millennia, from the first tools of man to the beasts of modern farm equipment. And quite...