Intellectual Property News

Trade mark and design applicants and owners are continuing to be targeted by scammers and unofficial organisations. If you have recently instructed a law firm to file a trade m...

Transmit Group is a business based in Gateshead with a national presence; it is the parent company of Transmit Start-Ups, a company that provide budding entrepreneurs with start-up...

China has previously been known as the land of knock-offs; it has garnered a worldwide reputation for its counterfeit goods and for having a very lax intellectual property (IP) pro...

Plant varieties are a very niche, but increasingly important, area of intellectual property law. Modification to the genetic makeup of plant varieties can lead to increased crop y...

Lewis Hamilton, well-known for his many victories on the circuit, has lost a three-year trade mark battle with Hamilton International. The matter arose following Hamilton Interna...

While the global pandemic has left a staggering number of smaller businesses and retailers struggling to stay afloat, online retailer Amazon’s revenue has soared. The business mode...

From 1 January 2021, for every registered EU trade mark, the UKIPO will create a comparable UK trade mark. In practice, this will mean that the comparable UK trade mark will be...

In a year dominated by headlines relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit has been under the radar. However, from 1 January 2021, significant changes will take place. Th...

Every year Chambers and Partners interviews solicitors, barristers, and clients to gather information and feedback on lawyers around the world. This year's Chambers and Partners ra...

Every year the Legal500 interviews solicitors, barristers, and clients to gather information and feedback on lawyers around the world. This year's Legal500 rankings have now been a...

The Furniture Makers Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, installed its 58th Master of the company on Tuesday night this week.  The n...

In March 2018, McDaniel & Co client and award-winning designer and manufacturer of baby products, BabaBing, launched its Mani baby changing backpack. Like most of BabaBing's produ...