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07 September 2026
If a patent infringement claim is made against you how can you respond? Flight, fight or invite?
[Read more...]01 August 2025
Congratulations on deciding to start a new business. There’s a lot to do, and a lot to think about, but we wanted to (briefly) explain why registering your new trade mark should be on that list.
[Read more...]20 February 2023
About the new Unified Patent Court and how this affects European patents and European patent applications.
[Read more...]09 April 2021
Introducing ViraHawk, an AI solution that detects fevers (and how it was trade mark registered).
[Read more...]06 August 2020
Michael Downing answers questions about running his business and reflects upon some of his more interesting cases...
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13 May 2020
While we are all getting used to the changing nature of the work environment I wanted to assure you that intellectual property work is rolling forward...
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10 April 2020
In which Dame Vera Lynn defends her right to use her name as endorsement, or not...
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