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Tooling up to transform the building trade

Posted by: Chris Myant, Posted on: 5 January 2017 - Categories: Patents
Electrician Installing Wall Socket

Half a dozen tool companies dominate world markets. None are small fry. Their development departments are sizeable, their market presence strong.

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Nearly ready

Posted by: Gary Townley, Posted on: 20 December 2016 - Categories: Business, Design
Portrait of happy multiethnic couple wearing party hats at home.

It can’t be far away now. The John Lewis advert is on, Sky movies has a special Christmas channel and Jona Lewie is in a kitchen, trying to stop the cavalry.

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It’s being sold online so it must be legit, right?

Posted by: Rhys Hurley, Posted on: 16 December 2016 - Categories: Enforcement
Deal Meaning Bargain Promotion Discount Reduction Or Agreement.

A friend said to me a few days ago, “You’ll never guess what - someone tried to steal my money, but the bank stopped it."

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The message is the medium

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 13 December 2016 - Categories: Trade marks
Caerphilly castle LEGO build.

How trade marks make history.

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Intelligent Textiles: how solutions find their problems

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 6 December 2016 - Categories: Business, Design, Design right, Innovation, Patents
Image of Asha and Stan

In 1913, the British textiles industry achieved its highest output – 7 billion square yards of cloth were produced.

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Karren Brady's route to success

Posted by: Sarah Combstock, Posted on: 1 December 2016 - Categories: Business
Magnifying Glass with the word Success on white background.

Watching the inspirational Karren Brady on The Apprentice recently rejuvenated memories of when I started my own career in the gaming industry.

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The prime route to The Grand Tour

Posted by: Sarah Combstock, Posted on: 17 November 2016 - Categories: Trade marks

Did you catch Jeremy Clarkson on the Jonathan Ross show Saturday night?

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The best time to be an SME

Posted by: Roland Wilding, Posted on: 9 November 2016 - Categories: Business

My name is Roland Wilding. I had a computer career during which I came across software licences and I became interested in IP.

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Let's get ready to slogan

Posted by: Gary Townley, Posted on: 3 November 2016 - Categories: Trade marks

Depending on your age, or your hobbies, you could be thinking of two things.

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What value do celebrity endorsements have?

Posted by: Liz Ward, Posted on: 26 October 2016 - Categories: Trade marks

Sporting celebrities are big business by anyone’s standards. What sort of rights arise when you have celebrity endorsements on a brand?

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