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”.
May the tent be with you
It is all his grandmother’s fault. There’s a Star Wars quality to the sight of half a dozen of his Tentsile tree tents floating mid-air in the woods.
Patent Pending
Patent pending is a term that you will often hear on programmes like Dragons' Den or The Apprentice. It occurs when inventors and entrepreneurs are talking to potential investors or collaborators.
Shopping with mother: 100 years of Ladybird books
‘A is for armoured train’ is the first sentence in the first ever Ladybird book. It was published 100 years ago.
Re-branding Dirt
Creatives and inventives are sometimes characterised as dreamers. Their shared trait is their concern with the edges of experience, not the nitty gritty of reality.
Periscope and what you need to know about the new era of self-broadcasting
Live video streaming app Periscope is the hot new social media platform, and is predicted to transform the way we communicate online. But the repercussions for users should make us all wary of jumping in feet first.
E-commerce brand protection in China
The internet has become a popular and easy channel for product distribution around the world. It has created a marketplace of more than half a billion users in China.
Jumping on the brand wagon
A number of famous scientists throughout the years have been linked with Intellectual Property. Mostly though, this is to do with Patents.
Smart ARM
For those of us still struggling, like disorientated turtles across the starlit beach of economic recovery, a glance through British technology giant ARM Holding’s annual reports makes empowering reading.
Driving IP
For my birthday this year my kids bought me a day out at Llandow race circuit - 3 laps in a super car of my choice.
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