Unregistered Design Rights in the UK and EU: A Comparison
Design rights protect the appearance of a product and are therefore of…
Can You File a Divisional Patent Application? Yes! Should You? Maybe...
Divisional Patent Applications Patent applications are typically written with…
Alert for Holders of Registered Design Rights or Trade Marks in the EU
As the UK has now left the European Union, registered Community designs and EU…
David and G-oat-liath! A Recent Case in Trade Mark Infringement
A recent trade mark infringement case has been popping up in the news lately…
Design Rights and Patents
Terminology There can be some confusion between design rights and patents. Such…
Lessons from a Copyright Infringement Case Relating to Video Games
I shared a news story on LinkedIn recently, as reported by The Register. The…
Prior Art Searching to Evaluate the Patentability of an Invention
Prior art is any piece of information that has been made available to the…
What to do if you think your patent is being infringed
Consider the following scenario. After a year or two of patent pending, you…
IP Protection for a Mobile App
So, you’ve worked for months (or years) on getting version 1.0 of your…