Serving up aces at Wimbledon
From graphite tennis rackets to fluorescent yellow balls, intellectual property is everywhere you look in the game of tennis. We explore some of the innovations behind the legendary Wimbledon championship.
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.
Intellectual property for King and country
The Coronation is not only a historic event, it means big business for some, with flags, bunting and souvenirs flooding the shops. But exactly what are the rules around Royal-related intellectual property?
Standard Essential Patents – do they work for SMEs?
Following the Standard Essential Patents (SEP) Call for Views that we ran last year, we’re now hosting a short SEPs Questionnaire. This time, we want to understand how the SEPs framework and licensing environment works for smaller-sized businesses.
On the ball – the year Six Nations rugby got smarter
While we wait to see who will bring home the trophy let’s look at how far what started as a humble pig’s bladder has come.
One IPO Transformation: first glimpse of our simplified search service
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Design, Digital, Innovation, IPO, Patents, Trade marks, Transformation, User research
With less than one year until we start piloting the ‘One IPO’ service for patents customers, Lucy Mills, Project Lead, tells us about the new search service, with new tools to search and analyse IP.
Hornit’s story: the SME who used IP to combat the counterfeiters
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Business, Copyright, Design, Design right, Enforcement, Innovation, Patents, Trade marks
Wheeling their way into the future, are Hornit - an innovative and creative British business that produces a wide range of cycling products. We spoke to their CEO Tom de Pelet about how Hornit has grown and how intellectual property …
One IPO Transformation: first glimpse of the new patent application service
It’s just over a year since we launched our ground-breaking, five-year ‘One IPO’ Transformation programme – a complete modernisation of our IP rights services. Emma Ford, Project Lead, brings us a preview of our new patent application service.
Celebrating British IP Day with great success stories
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British IP Day, Business, Copyright, IP research, Licensing, Patents, Trade marks
At the Intellectual Property Office we like to celebrate intellectual property every day. British IP Day, however, gives us that extra excuse for sharing some great IP success stories.
Intelligent Energy: using the IPO Green Channel to accelerate environment-friendly patents
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Imogen Percival, Posted on:
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Business, Environment, Innovation, Licensing, Patents, Trade marks
We spoke to one of the companies who have made use of IPO’s Green Channel – a fast track patent application process- to find out their environmental innovation story.
Time for tea: raising a cup to the IP in the Platinum Jubilee party
From street parties to balloons, to masks. Whatever your plans, we have you covered this bank holiday. We explore some of the fun IP in Jubilee.
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