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How can designs be used to protect your products?
Discover the power of designs in protecting your products. Explore recent design decisions and learn how design rights can benefit you

Rosie Burbidge
Jun 8, 20204 min read


How do UK unregistered designs work in practice?
Discover how UK unregistered designs work in practice and why they are often overlooked. Learn about the protection they offer

Rosie Burbidge
Jun 8, 20207 min read


How do Part 36 offers work in confidentiality cases
Legal costs are not always seen as the sexiest topic for a blogpost (anyone with colleagues who cycle into the office may have similar...

Rosie Burbidge
May 25, 20195 min read


IP and the gaming industry
Find out about the IP issues in the gaming industry! Discover the legal challenges surrounding loot boxes, GDPR, and the power of registered

Rosie Burbidge
Apr 11, 20193 min read


When can you revoke a trade mark for non-use
Discover when and how you can revoke a trade mark for non-use. Dive into a recent trade mark case and learn more.

Rosie Burbidge
Jan 5, 20193 min read


What is the threshold for copyright originality?
The fashion industry is no stranger to IP disputes. Marc Jacobs and Nirvana have recently joined this trend - find out why Nirvana didn't ju

Rosie Burbidge
Jan 5, 20192 min read


How does brand protection work in practice?
Discover how brand protection works in practice. Learn about online tools, technological developments, and more.

Rosie Burbidge
Dec 17, 20183 min read


How does LEGO protect its brand?
Discover how LEGO protects its brand through intellectual property strategies, trademark enforcement, and combating counterfeit products.

Rosie Burbidge
Dec 10, 20184 min read


What brand protection solutions are available?
Discover the latest brand protection solutions available, from tackling counterfeit goods to enforcing IP rights. Learn how major brands are

Rosie Burbidge
Dec 7, 20185 min read


How can unregistered designs work for your business?
Discover the untapped potential of unregistered designs for your business. Learn why they're more useful and versatile than you may realise

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 27, 20182 min read


There's a new IPO report on designs infringement - game-changer or stating the obvious?
Discover the latest IPO report on designs infringement - is it a game-changer or just stating the obvious? Uncover the key findings and impl

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 27, 20185 min read


Copyright, fashion and the USA
Discover the fascinating intersection of copyright and fashion in the USA. Uncover the game-changing decision that has sent shockwaves throu

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 25, 20186 min read


What's the value of a photograph?
How is a photograph valued? Find out how to calculate the value of a photograph - copyright damages

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 25, 20183 min read


How can you add new defendants to a claim?
Can you add defendants to a claim when their involvement was at the design stage of a product several years before the product was launched

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 25, 20183 min read


Trade marks - the limits to the own name defence and groundless threats
Discover the limits of the own name defense in trade mark disputes and the consequences of groundless threats of trade mark infringement

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 25, 20185 min read


How can you protect data?
Data was described by The Economist as as the new oil. Every valuable asset tends to be protected by IP in some shape or form and data is no

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 25, 20187 min read


Domain names and Google Ads - what's the current position?
Can a US corporation selling construction software only in the Americas under the name ARGOS be sued for infringement of a registered...

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 25, 20186 min read


Using blockchain technology to manage IP rights
Discover the power of blockchain technology in managing intellectual property rights. Explore how it enhances security and integrity in IP

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 25, 20182 min read


How does the Google AdSense programme affect trade mark infringement disputes?
Find out about the connection between the Google AdSense programme and trade mark infringement

Rosie Burbidge
Oct 15, 20186 min read


How do Part 36 offers work in IPEC?
How do Part 36 offers work in the IP Enterprise Court?

Rosie Burbidge
Sep 14, 20183 min read


Informed users and the design corpus re Registered Designs
Who is the informed user of registered designs, how does the design corpus get chosen and more

Rosie Burbidge
Feb 26, 20182 min read


Are surveys useful in passing off cases?
"Judges accustomed to trying cases of this nature are rightly somewhat suspicious of evidence obtained in this way [via surveys], for so...

Rosie Burbidge
Feb 17, 20183 min read


Bad faith confirmed for ALEXANDER trade mark application
A recent decision of Geoffrey Hobbs QC, sitting as an Appointed Person, has rejected an appeal against the Hearing Officer's decision to ref

Rosie Burbidge
Jan 25, 20183 min read


What happens when a business relationship goes wrong?
Discover the legal consequences of a soured business relationship. There are intellectual property and contract issues involved.

Rosie Burbidge
Nov 27, 20172 min read
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