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    Trademark - Potential Issue

    You have been trading under your brand name for over 12 years. This gives you common law rights in the UK, including potential protection under passing off. These rights could bolster your position if challenged, provided you can prove: You have built goodwill in the name. There is...
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    Informal IP

    Without formal patent protection, the IP is considered trade secret or know-how. These types of IP can be valuable but require additional protection measures, such as confidentiality agreements (NDAs) or trade secret policies. The lack of formal protection may reduce the valuation slightly due...
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    letter and trademark infringement From germany

    Small claims court for this type of case. Germany would have to issue a claim in the UK or seek to enforce the Judgement in Germany in the UK. IN either case highly doubtful the germans could be bothered
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    Statutory Demand letter Personal Guarantee

    If you don't repay the debt in full or come to some other arrangement within 21 days of the demand being served on you, your creditor can apply to make you bankrupt, unless the demand is cancelled or set aside.
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    I have a dispute with a Chinese supplier. If I file a claim in the UK and obtain a positive judgement. can it be recognized and enforced in China?

    Hello and all good points made here. I would stress that there is little by way of reciprocal enforcement if any! There are no bilateral treaties with respect to the recognition and enforcement of UK judgements between China and the UK. Although China signed the Convention of 30th June 2005 on...
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    Figurative trademark verse word mark application

    Good advice here
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    Domain name versus Limited Company name?

    All good advice
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    Alive and online

    Alive and online
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    Domain Name Advice...

    So you need to focus on unregistered and registered rights. Unregistered rights will include such matters as domain names and arguable the person who registers the domain name can prevent you from using something identical with an S. If this person has a trade mark then you will be infringing a...
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    Can a word trademark infringe on a logo trademark?

    Hi yes it can but the question to be asked is as follows I have paraphrased the act "A person infringes a registered trade mark if he uses in the course of trade a sign which is identical with the trade mark in relation to goods or services which are identical with those for which it is...
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    Can I trademark a domain name?

    Hello yes of course provided its distinctive yes of course. All the rules here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/manual-of-trade-marks-practice and fees here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-mark-forms-and-fees/trade-mark-forms-and-fees
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    Can anyone recommend a contract solicitor?

    Hi happy to help fixed fee etc [email protected] Lawdit Solicitors
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    Michael Coyle Solicitor Advocate and Director of Lawdit

    Michael Coyle Solicitor Advocate and Director of Lawdit
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    Dating Site & Legal Protection

    Hi so t &c are very important ( as an e-commerce solicitor I would say that!) but also if you have sell rubbish or provide a rubbish service then your terms probably wont help you save perhaps reducing your liability. Take a look at staylegal.co.uk - we offer terms etc for sites just like...
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    Trademark Status

    In the USA The USPTO defines a dead mark as: “a dead or abandoned status for a trademark application means that specific application is no longer under prosecution within the USPTO, and would not be used as a bar against your filing. In the UK/EU trademarks can be lost through abandonment...
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