According to law firm RPC, UK trademark registration for beer brands has risen a huge 19% last year, supposedly due to the increase in craft beers produced by supermarkets and large companies. In more detail, the firm’s research shows that beer brand registrations rose from 1,666 in 2015, to 1,983 in 2016, which is a […]
Japan has for long been the global leader of innovation and creations. Over the past deacde, however, other jurisdictions, such as China, have slowly grown and produced tighter competition; Japan’s dominance leading patent applications has slowly faded, and so we speak with Tomoyuki Serizawa, a leading patent attorney, who discusses the changes in place that […]
Mr. Gunderson is a nationally known expert who has testified in multiple venues regarding intellectual property damages. Mr. Gunderson has testified in patent infringement disputes in a variety of industries including Software, Semiconductor, Oil & Gas, Airline, Consumer Products and Telecommunications. In addition, Mr. Gunderson has taught classes at several universities on intellectual property damages […]
iTrump, an app developer, appears to have prevailed in a long-running trademark war against the US president's business operation, without the use of a lawyer. The app, iTrump, doesn’t actually have anything to do with the president, and features, as per the image below, a virtual trumpet for the purposes of learning to play. The […]
Patent rights are crucial value drivers for individuals and technology companies, large or small. We speak with George Schlich for a selection of best practice pointers under the law of the European Patent Office (EPO) on how to get the most out of patent applications, especially the “first filing” that establishes a priority date […]
We speak with Dr. Richard Brunner, MBA – Global Head of Legal, Dennemeyer Group, on how technology and blockchain will majorly impact the legal profession. How do you currently see the global IP landscape evolving? Technology and globalisation are the key drivers for the creation and protection of intellectual property. The increasing speed of […]
For many years in the past, Italy was considered a country for counterfeiters. On the contrary, as further mentioned below, the growing consciousness of the importance of the IP rights in Italy, together with the modern legal instruments now in force, make Italy increasingly aware of IP rights and increasingly effective in their legal protection. […]
Patent Attorney Mark Houghton, talks about his specialist Patent practice, Patent Outsourcing Limited, which provides European Patent prosecution services, mainly to US clients, and he also talks about specific current European patent issues of interest, particularly the European Patent Office’s ‘Early Certainty’ initiative and its impact on clients with larger portfolios. What makes Patent […]
The world of intellectual property (IP) has grown to become an ever-important component for businesses to invest in, to ensure their innovations are fully protected. This month we speak with Richard Hoffmann on the IP sector and how the Court could improve when dealing with IP related disputes. Does your initial degree in chemical […]
For Tatiana Sergunina intellectual property has always been an interesting sphere of law she dreamed of when she was a student. Her dreams are now fulfilled as she helps people to protect their intellectual rights; in this insightful interview, we see her passion being wonderfully expressed whilst detailing the movements in Russia’s IP legal sphere […]
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