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Protect your brand with that trademark

Keeping your property in the clouds

A Conflict between Old and New Media

IP infringement should be criminal offence

EU Patent System 'a burden'

Stella McCartney and Bono's wife in "Nude" battle

SMEs lost in EU patent labyrinth

  • V3, August 2009
  • CRN, August 2009

South African group pops Bransons Cherry

A blueprint for secure IP

Trademark costs to be reduced

  • FT, July 2009

National Portrait Gallery in legal fight with Wikipedia

IP Registration Price Decrease Praised

 Logged In With.... Gary Johnston

Know Your RIghts, Intellectual Property

Call for overhaul of UK patent process to foster innovation

Recession intensifies the need to protect IP

IT Sector wanted reform to UK Patents

Patent reform needed for innovation to beat recession

Patent reform 'should have been included in budget'

Patents Better for UK Innovation

Warning tweeters could steal your ideas

Dragons meet their match at IP Office

Intellectual Property Industry Advice

Trademarks Application costs to fall

Trademark Fee Cuts 

Marc Takes the Tube

Improvements to Tube Attachments for Hospital Patients

London Doctor’s Patented Tube Grip Now Approved For Use In European Hospitals

Will Woolworths Prove to be a Success Online

Haka Verdict

Ronaldo CR9 Trade Mark

Manchester Office

Protect Your Brand in a Downturn

Marked Down

  • EN, January 2009 

Worried about losing your mobile phone?

  • CIPA, December 2008

Stick an oar in

  • IPO, November 2008

IP Changes Good News for Small Business

Turning tyres into diesel

英国的环保新意念(26)：从回收的废轮胎做出优质的柴油

Qualcomm - Nokia Settlement : Ends costly Patents War

Qualcomm - Nokia Court Battle : Impact on Patents and Licensing

 

A Conflict between Old and New Media

IP Infringement should be criminal offence

News

Poland became a member of the Hague Agreement for Industrial designs on 2nd July 2009.

San Marino became the 36th member state of the EPC on 1st July 2009.

The European Patent Office is now accepting applications for the European Inventor Award 2010. If you are interested in being entered for this competition, please contact your usual representative at Mathys & Squire.

The Madrid Protocol will enter into force in Eqypt on 3rd September 2009.

Alison Brimelow has announced that she will not stand for re-election as President of the EPO.

On 1st May 2009 OHIM reduced its official fees by 40%. Please see the Legal Updates section of our website for further details.

The London Agreement has so far entered into force in Croatia, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, France, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Iceland, Monaco, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The EPO has begun 2009 by announcing significant changes to patent practice regarding divisional applications. The changes will come into force in April 2010. Please see the Legal Updates section of our website for further details.

Over 1,000,000 international trademarks have been registered since the first in 1893 by Swiss Chocolate-maker Russ-Suchard & Company.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty entered into force in Chile on 2nd March 2009.

Mathys & Squire will celebrate its centenary in 2010.

Sweden has indicated that the creation of a single community patent is a priority issue during its six-month Presidency of the EU, which began in July 2009.

International patent filings rose by 2.4% in 2008 to 164,000.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty entered into force in Peru on 6th June 2009.

The London Agreement entered into force for Lithuania on 1st May 2009, making it the 15th EPO member state to accede to the agreement.

The UK government has appointed John Alty as the new chief executive of the IP Office.