26 Jul 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...
21 Jul 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...
14 Jul 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...
21 Jun 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...
30 May 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...
06 May 2022 IP Key Latin America project By Marcela Carvalho Did you know that Intellectual Property plays a key role in economy growth and job creation? Last week marked the launch of the second...
14 Apr 2022 A Century of Innovation By Susan Bradley A recent report published by the World Intellectual property Organisation (WIPO) titled "The Direction of Innovation" provides a...
06 Apr 2022 How would you spend £500,000,000? (On your local economy...) By Samuel Mailer Whilst we can all agree that the move towards renewable, carbon-free energy is key to the future of the planet, this move does leave...
01 Apr 2022 New design guidelines provide priority precision By Susan Bradley The 2022 edition of the Guidelines on EU Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs has been published by the European Union...
01 Mar 2022 Does the fun or the money rule the video games industry? By Graham McGlashan The video games industry has undergone some significant changes. Not just in terms of improvements in graphics and gameplay, but also in...
23 Feb 2022 The comeback of Hague design applications By Amy Morris Registered design protection is considered by some to be the junior to patents and trademarks and can be overlooked when developing...
23 Feb 2022 Don't put all your lip balms in one basket By Julie Canet After having recently ruled that the shape of Guerlain's "Rouge G" lipstick case could be registered as a trade mark, the General Court...