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Author Archives: Tim Bishop
Our new Trade Mark UK microsite
As regular readers of my legal blog and business blog will have noted, we’re keen on dedicated microsites. So we’re pleased to welcome to our stable of microsites [60 when I last checked!] A dedicated trademark site – Trade Mark … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property, Trademarks
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UK Intellectual Property Office launches online inspection service
Every little helps – or so, they say. The UK Intellectual Property Office has now launched a free online patent system which is estimated could save British business up to £100k every year. Previously, to request any paper documentation, a … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Patent Law
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Small Claims Service for the Patents County Court
Hurrah! Good news for those businesses who haven’t been able to afford IP litigation to enforce their rights. The Government confirmed recently that the Patent County Court is introducing a small claims service. About time too! The new process will continue … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation
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Research and development tax credits
The government are proposing to significantly encourage further research and development by companies in the UK – by using a series of existing and proposed tax breaks. In particular, they are targeting the SME – small and medium-sized business – … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial Intellectual Property
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Intellectual property and pension scheme deficits
I just read a really interesting article in the Solicitors Journal dated October 25, 2011. It seems to prove that, yet again, necessity is the mother of invention. Apparently with the massive deficits currently suffered by many British pension funds, … Continue reading
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New US patent law gets closer
Although for years the US has prided itself on being the world’s most vibrant economy, it has equally spent years procrastinating about improving its patent system – however on September 6, a major step towards patent law reform finally took … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property, Patent Law
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Your software – who owns the copyright?
Is original software a critical part of your business? If so you should take particular care if using freelance or independent computer programmers to produce your code. Why? Because if you’re not careful, you may be unable to fully exploit … Continue reading
60 watt light bulb – farewell
Well – goodbye to the 60 watt lightbulb. Okay, it’s a newsworthy item but what has it got to do with our intellectual property lawyer blog. Simple, really. For years, the good old lightbulb has been pictorial shorthand for a … Continue reading
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Patent box consultation closes
Well, the date has now passed for comments on the proposals by the UK Government to change the Corporation tax rate on profits from any profits which come out of any European or UK patent. The proposals for replacing the … Continue reading
Posted in Patent Law
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US Patents– hope on the horizon
America still has an unbelievably huge backlog of patent applications – more than 1,000,000 – with a waiting time of up to 3 years. But there is hope on the horizon for those wanting sensible protection of their intellectual property … Continue reading