By Staff writer
Julie Deane, CEO and founder of the Cambridge Satchel Company and Jeremy O?Hare, relationship manager at the British Library Business and IP Centre, share their top tips on mastering intellectual property so you don’t get caught out.
The Bob Marley heirs have had their fair share of trademark battles, but their latest trek to court offers an important lesson for smaller companies.
Nestl” has long wanted to trademark the four-finger shape of its KitKat bars, and 17 May marks its latest attempt to stop the competition (Cadbury) from getting a say in the matter.
By Staff writer
The importance of intellectual property protection is two-fold. On the one hand, it’s about protecting key business assets and on the other, it’s about unlocking and exploiting the value in those assets through activity such as licensing deals.
By Staff writer
Often, when deciding where to apply for IP protection, the most difficult challenge is knowing in which countries any new product or service is likely to be most successful. Here are a few IP considerations to take into account.
By Staff writer
Laurence Brown, a partner at Intellectual Property Law firm EIP, reveals his most common IP mistakes and how to avoid them.
In 1975 when I was two years old “IP” meant something different from intellectual property – but that’s when the powers-that-be started saying “wouldn’t it be great if a patent covered the whole of Europe ” Over 40 years later, on the cusp of that dream becoming a reality, the Europe-wide patent has been killed by the Brexit decision.
Protecting your intellectual property (IP) rights is becoming more important for business owners. In the past two decades alone, investment in protecting IP has increased from £23.8bn to £63.5bn, and shows that companies are ready to protect intangible assets from other businesses.
From the opening scene of the original “Star Wars”, the 1977 classic showcases a number of security issues that are still prevalent today. Whether it’s R2-D2 storing the stolen Death Star plans and gaining unauthorised access into critical systems like garbage compactors, there are more than a few parallels that can be drawn.
By Alex Rogers
How can you benefit from using trade secrets in your intellectual property strategy
