I remember when this was all fields
“I remember when I joined the office, there were paper specifications as far as the eye could see.”
Patents
Patents protect the features and process that make things work. A patent can only be granted for something that is new and inventive. A patent has to be renewed every year but can last for up to 20 years.
A night at the Science Museum
My curiosity peaked a few weeks ago when an interesting email appeared in my inbox.
IP: shaken not stirred
When I was younger, I believed that James Bond lived in Switzerland and ate lots of well known Swiss chocolate.
Heat of battle versus the cold road to recovery
I love rugby, watching it, playing it, talking about it, I just can’t get enough.
The Welsh dragon goes green
Coal was once king in Cardiff. Those days are long gone. But there are some who hope that the Welsh capital may yet again be home to an enterprise exporting energy around the world.
Scottish engineering: the next generation
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s genius lay in the fact that he was able to take clichés from earth and create new, complimentary, ones in space.
Prototypes: who needs them?
By definition, prototype means it is an early stage representation of a final product or thing. They can be essential but also disproportionately costly, fragile and can often be done without.
It’s a wrap!
We had a new roll of Bubble Wrap delivered yesterday. The boss said “pop it in the corner”. Took me five hours!
Second serve: tennis inventions
A fortnight ago our blog looked at all the branding associated with the Wimbledon tennis extravaganza. But, it’s not just trade marks that get a look in when it comes to sporting events.
You can’t patent a name
It’s quite disappointing when reading an article in the press that I see “Mr X has applied to patent his name” or “last year 3000 inventions were copyrighted in the UK”.
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