08 Nov, 2024 Riyadh Diplomatic Conference to conclude and adopt the Design Law Treaty By Valérie Corbiau As a result of the work undertaken by the WIPO standing committees on the law of trade marks, designs and geographic indications between...
09 Oct, 2024 3D-printed death capsule By Mitasha Bharadwaj The famous Star Trek-styled 3D-printed coffin, Sarco Pod, is facing another controversy. The famous Australian physician Dr Philip...
27 Sep, 2024 Iceland’s risky play for the King Prawn Ring By Mike Limb This letter is clearly a marketing ploy, but I'll take the bait. There is quite a bit to unpack from Iceland's letter, with the main...
11 Sep, 2024 IP strategies for international markets By Pamela Bryer I am delighted to be speaking about IP strategies for international markets at the Young Company Finance Scotland Conference on Friday 20...
13 Aug, 2024 Intellectual property as an encouragement for regional investment By Martin Hyden The recent EY report for the Western Gateway partnership “Investment Flows and the Productivity Gap” highlighted that the region suffers...
26 Jul, 2024 Improved Customer Information Displays arriving at Platform 1... By Robert Carpmael Congratulations to Sella Controls for being awarded the contract to install and commission 269 Customer Information Displays and Long...
24 Jul, 2024 Patenting football: M&C + the beautiful game By Susan Bradley In 1887, engineer George Croydon Marks set up a firm in Birmingham, specialising in intellectual property. The following year he was...
09 Jul, 2024 Extreme E Racing Takes on Hydrogen By Robert Carpmael Extreme E Racing is a class of motorsport involving male and female drivers taking on extreme off-road circuits built out in the desert....
03 Jul, 2024 F1's 3D Printed Future By Stephen Hunt With the British Grand Prix only days away, the roar of F1 engines may be increasingly accompanied by the whir of 3D printers. As this...
03 Jul, 2024 Going back to nature By Tobias Eriksson In the unstoppable advance of human technology, we are, somewhat ironically, discovering more and more ways in which nature has beat us...
11 Jun, 2024 Design rights in 3D-printed products By Mitasha Bharadwaj By equating intellectual property (IP) rights solely with patents and trademarks, businesses often overlook the incredible potential of...
30 May, 2024 Fender bender? Surprise change in 40 year old US design patent law By Jack Stevenson-Hill About a week ago the Federal Circuit issued its en banc opinion in the LKQ v. GM case. In it the 40 year old test for determining whether...