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Intellectual property attachés network

Posted by: Andy Smith, Posted on: 30 October 2014 - Categories: IP research
Top row left to right; Tom Duke and Christabel Koh, bottom row left to right; Sheila Alves and Anshika Jha

What can we do to help an industry worth £4.3 billion? Give them access to a network of appointed intellectual property (IP) attachés to help them make the most of...

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Messages on bottles (and apples)

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 27 October 2014 - Categories: Trade marks
Green apple - image licensed by Ingram Image

...the UK. ‘Pink Lady’ is the trade mark for Australia’s Cripps Pink. It cannot be grown commercially in the UK because its owners require specific conditions. Packages of intellectual property...

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Helping students realise the potential of their IP

Posted by: Alexandra Symonds, Posted on: 24 October 2014 - Categories: Universities
Higher education inforgraphic

...us to make a tool to raise the importance of IP within HE. The tool is still under development and will launch in March 2015. It will provide a practical...

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Measuring IP infringement

Posted by: Isabel Hacche, Posted on: 22 October 2014 - Categories: IP research
Measuring IP infringement front cover

How do you begin to get a measure of the infringement of intellectual property rights? This is a question that industry and government have wrestled with. There is no official...

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49 new patent examiners

Posted by: Julyan Elbro, Posted on: 20 October 2014 - Categories: Patents
The Bloodhound car speeding across a barren landscape

Demand for our patent services is higher than ever. Over the past 2 months we've been welcoming our latest patent examiner recruits to the job in what is our largest...

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Big Music Project – Karaoke Shower

Posted by: Lawrence Smith-Higgins, Posted on: 17 October 2014 - Categories: Copyright, Schools
Oritsé Williams - artistic ambassador for Music Inc

...you can’t make it to an event, you can still experience the ups and downs of managing a band by playing Music Inc a free to play downloadable game. This...

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Measuring music

Posted by: Jo Dipple, Posted on: 15 October 2014 - Categories: IP research
Jo Dipple, chief executive of UK Music

The question most often asked of UK Music since its inception (2008) has been: 'What is the value of the UK music industry?' That question, and the search for an...

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Fakes - the real truth

Posted by: Giles York, Posted on: 13 October 2014 - Categories: Business, Enforcement
Shop full of counterfeit goods, raided by Trading Standards.

Just imagine this scenario. You're the proud owner of a family shop.

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Facts and figures: 2012 and 2013

Posted by: Matthew Evans, Posted on: 8 October 2014 - Categories: IP research
IPO facts and figures cover

Facts and figures is the IPO’s annual publication which details office activity by numbers.

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Fixing the future with Sugru

Posted by: Louise Allford, Posted on: 7 October 2014 - Categories: Patents
Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh and Roger Ashby from surgu.com

If you’re like me, replacing broken objects or fixing things with sticky tape and super glue is part of your daily routine.

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