Judges in Europe have ruled against Lego’s application to register their famous 2 x 4 brick trade mark. Shapes can be registered as trade marks so long as, amongst other criteria, the shape itself is… more →
wrote 7 months ago: In our day jobs we often meet prospective new clients who have registered the name of their new star … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Judges in Europe have ruled against Lego’s application to register their famous 2 x 4 brick trade ma … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In a move that is bound to concern trade mark proprietors, Google has removed all restraints on thei … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Sam Houghton may only be eight years old, but he already has a patent to his name and a place at the … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The UK winner of the James Dyson Award is Timothy Whitehead, a graduate from Loughborough University … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The latest A Level results show a continued increase in the number of students taking maths and scie … more →
wrote 2 years ago: The 2010 World Cup in South Africa now seems like a distant memory (and perhaps best forgotten from … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Where Apple goes, many others follow and the trend for touch screen pads is only just beginning. HP … more →
wrote 2 years ago: With the new coalition government up, running and making significant decisions about the future of t … more →
wrote 2 years ago: A plan originally proposed under the former Labour government to introduce more favourable treatment … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Unlike Europe, the USA does not exclude business methods from patent protection. But in a decision o … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Stevens Hewlett and Perkins recently attended the Explore Export exhibition at the Thistle Hotel in … more →
wrote 2 years ago: A long-running battle between Google-owned YouTube and Viacom has resulted in a summary judgement in … more →
wrote 3 years ago: As has been widely reported over the past few days, a leading UK scientist has called into question … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Facebook has been granted a patent in the USA for its technology that provides a news feed to social … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Marking products with patent numbers that have either expired or do not exist which is commonly refe … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The Intercontinental Hotels Group, owner of trade marks that include Holiday Inn, Holiday Express, C … more →
wrote 3 years ago: The European Patent Office (EPO) generally updates its fee schedule in April each year. This year t … more →
wrote 3 years ago: We are advised that the potential liability for false patent marking has significantly increased fol … more →