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From quill to click: the IP history of how we write 

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From quill to click: the IP history of how we write 

Did you know that the pen sitting on your desk contains centuries of IP and innovation? While jotting down notes or signing documents, you're wielding a product of remarkable technological evolution.

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Swing Logo

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 1 October 2015 - Categories: Design, Trade marks

At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, on Sunday October 31, as the cool embrace of the last October evening envelops the sleepy suburb of Twickenham, time will stop.

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The Welsh dragon goes green

Posted by: Chris Myant, Posted on: 29 September 2015 - Categories: Patents
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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.

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The red sole

Posted by: Emma Richards, Posted on: 22 September 2015 - Categories: Design, Design right, Trade marks
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As a self confessed shoe obsessive one of my idols is the famous Christian Louboutin. With London Fashion week coming to an end today, I began thinking about the iconic designer and (naturally) his Intellectual Property.

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Your IP in good hands

Posted by: Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, Posted on: 17 September 2015 - Categories: Business

The UK has emerged from the dark days of the global downturn. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, growth in the UK has picked up rising to 2.6% in 2014, the strongest improvement of all G7 countries.

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UK-China Copyright Week

Posted by: Ros Lynch, Posted on: 16 September 2015 - Categories: Copyright, International
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Earlier this month I had the pleasure of visiting China for the second time in my role as Director of Copyright and Enforcement for the Intellectual Property Office.

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Scottish engineering: the next generation

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 2 September 2015 - Categories: Patents
Monozukuri.

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.

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Get it right first time

Posted by: Kelly Wren, Posted on: 26 August 2015 - Categories: Business, Copyright, Design, Trade marks
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Working as part of the business outreach team I am used to spending lots of time on the road speaking to businesses.

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Prevention not cure: online IPR in South-East Asia

Posted by: Rebecca Staddon, Posted on: 18 August 2015 - Categories: Business, Europe, International
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South-East Asia possesses a population of around 600 million people; of these, there were 203 million internet users in South-East Asia at the end of 2014.

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Brand spotting

Posted by: Dan Anthony, Posted on: 12 August 2015 - Categories: Business, Trade marks
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Next time you go for a weekend break, or a Sunday drive, visit the places that really make Britain great: its landscape of brands.

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The power of the 'M dot' - the Ironman triathlon brand

Posted by: Kirsty Edwards, Posted on: 7 August 2015 - Categories: Trade marks
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03:50am the alarm sounds for what is a long day ahead of me. The next thing I know I’m treading water in the reservoir waiting for the sound of the horn.

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