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    Information on trade marks, patents and designs also known as Intellectual Property.

    Dear All, Stevens Hewlett & Perkins have recently produced a video called "what is intellectual property" see link below. The video provides a basic introduction to IP and gives examples of patents, trade marks, designs and copyright. http://www.shandp.com/news_04.asp?news_cat=VIDEOS This...
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    Design Protection In China

    If your product is a novel technological innovation then a UK patent application could be filed. This has to be done before the invention is disclosed to others. Although a UK patent application would not itself result in patent protection in China, it could serve as a ‘priority’ application...
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    IP Seminar - Trade Marks, Patents & Designs

    Dear All, I will be providing general advice on Intellectual Property as part of a free IP clinic in London at the British Library on the 24th November. It is an opportunity for people learn and ask questions regarding patents, trade marks and designs. For more information please contact me...
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    Trademark for a Tagline

    Hi, The answer to your question is yes it is possible to register a tag line as a trademark. Whether it is possible is all down to what the tag line is and whether a third party is using or has already registered the tag line as a trade mark. You would have nothing to lose by giving us a...
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    Cost of a professional patent

    Hi, As the previous person has already stated, the costs involved in filing a patent application can vary considerably depending on the scope and complexity of the invention. The filing costs for trade mark applications in the UK are fairly standard and are proportionate to the extent of the...
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    Trademark infringer threatening to 'invalidate' my registered trademark

    Hi Tony Your enquiry raises a number of legal issues. You will appreciate that it is difficult to provide you with a complete answer without assessing all of the facts involved. However, in general terms UK Trade Mark Law allows for the invalidation of a trade mark subsequent to registration...
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    How to convert a UK provisional patent into a US patent?

    Hi Daniel Interesting you should call it a UK provisional application. Any UK patent application can be pursued as a full UK patent application (there is only one sort of UK patent application) as long as you file the necessary documents and pay the right fees etc. In the US there is a type of...
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    Trademarking & Web Domains in E-Commerce

    Trade mark rights are territorial in nature. It's not uncommon for the same trade mark to be registered in different countries for the same goods by different companies. However, a word of caution: I know of a case where a company was sued in New York for infringement of a US trade mark after...
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    Invention of a new toy - where do you start?

    You should also consider registering the name of your product as a trade mark. The brand name will define your product and is a huge business asset that should not be ignored. Registering a trade mark in the UK is not an expensive business. Please feel free to we would be pleased to provide...
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    Infringement of my trademark?

    When you say you own a trade mark is this a registered trade mark? If you do not have a registered trade mark you cannot instigate trade mark infringement proceedings. Each case is different and without full details, i.e. details of your trade mark and that of the alleged infringing mark it...
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    Trademark Question On The Word 'Studio'

    For maximum assurance it is always worth conducting a full and comprehensive search against a mark as this would cover all the phonetic variations of the words, in addition to each of the identical words STUDIO and ELAIH. A trade mark attorney can undertake such a comprehensive search and...
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    Purchasing a brand name

    I wondered whether the brand you refer to was ever subject to a trade mark registration and whether you have the details for that? If there was a registration it could have already lapsed. It is not uncommon for a party to revitalise an old brand that was previously in the hands of another...
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    Invalidating or revoking a trade mark

    At our firm we have regular first-hand experience of matters such as these and it is often the case that there is little substance to the allegations made in such a threatening letter. If they are alleging trade mark infringement then you may well have a basis to turn the tables on them and...
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