Visionary IP partnerships
Joint patents are usually greeted by a sharp intake of breath. Lawyers warn of future conflict. Corporates fear loss of control. Others are more relaxed.
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.
Wheels of creativity
When are Prada, Gucci and Armani going to try their arts on the wheelchair? Creating from the front wheels to the backrest, a glorious fashion statement, rather than an unavoidable announcement of medical need?
Whistle Blowers
There has been a lot of interest in the press recently about whistle blowers, so I thought I would share a story that I heard on Radio 2’s drive time show recently.
Everyone owns IP. What do you own?
It’s a question that we often ask as part of the IPO’s outreach team and it’s not always easy to answer.
Libraries supporting startups
January was an exciting month for the British Library. We launched Living Knowledge, a new vision setting out our strategy to guide us towards our 50 year anniversary in 2023.
Let’s talk: A mediator’s tale
For mediators, the job is an exercise in rescue, to rescue people from the courts and sometimes from themselves.
Unexpected item in baggage area
If like me, you are unfamiliar with self service tills, this is something you will hear quite often. As you stand peering at a check out screen with a queue of vexed customers looking over your shoulder.
Welcome to PatLib UK
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Catherine Queen, Posted on:
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Categories:
Business, Copyright, Design, Patents, Trade marks
The PatLib UK network consists of 15 information centres (mainly libraries).
De-tangling the knots with IP
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Louise Allford, Posted on:
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Categories:
Business, Copyright, Design, Design right, Patents, Trade marks
Many innovations today are simple adaptations of everyday items or concepts. Once imagined, they change our lives and simplify problems overnight.
Patent harmonisation - the holy grail
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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