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StudentshIP Enterprise Awards: finalists announced

Posted by: Matthew Larreta, Posted on: 30 January 2015 - Categories: Universities

The IPO has a history of university engagement and support. From helping universities utilise their IP, to embedding IP into academic and professional standards.

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Imitation Game: football and IP

Posted by: Andrew Reith, Posted on: 29 January 2015 - Categories: Business, Enforcement, Trade marks

Like many others up and down the country I spend my weekend praying my beloved football club get another 3 points.

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Protect your IP baby

Posted by: Louise Allford, Posted on: 27 January 2015 - Categories: Business, Design, Trade marks

When I started working in IP, I was amazed how little I’d thought about inventions and new ideas.

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Whose Crab Is It Anyway? Cooperative IP

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 23 January 2015 - Categories: Business, Trade marks

In 1877 the Great Eastern Railway reached Cromer. It brought with it holidaymakers who fell in love with the picturesque seaside resort on the North Norfolk coast.

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Boring TV

Posted by: Gary Townley, Posted on: 20 January 2015 - Categories: Copyright

Copyright is an interesting medium. It protects all things creative and artistic including music, poetry, novels, photographs and film.

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De-tangling the knots with IP

Posted by: Louise Allford, Posted on: 16 January 2015 - Categories: Business, Copyright, Design, Design right, Patents, Trade marks
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Many innovations today are simple adaptations of everyday items or concepts. Once imagined, they change our lives and simplify problems overnight.

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Invisible counterfeits – and how to spot them

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 13 January 2015 - Categories: Enforcement
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Counterfeiting is a threat. Not just to consumers who have been sold defective or dangerous goods. It challenges industries and entire economies.

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Patent harmonisation - the holy grail

Posted by: John Alty, Posted on: 12 January 2015 - Categories: Patents

From the perspective of an outsider – which is what I was 5 years ago – the world’s patents system looks on the face of it rather strange – critics might even say dysfunctional.

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The quick guide to IP protection

Posted by: Louise Allford, Posted on: 8 January 2015 - Categories: Business, Copyright, Design, Patents, Trade marks
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We all know that when running a business, there are a whole host of procedures and requirements that you need to remember and adhere to.

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Dipping into patents

Posted by: Chris Smith, Posted on: 5 January 2015 - Categories: Patents

A family tradition of Christmas surfing in Croyde bay in Devon got me thinking about how improvements to the original rubber wetsuit are potentially patentable.

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