What have Wallace & Gromit and Brian May got in common?
...out on 18 September - we only have to beat Channel 4! When we launched the app in February 2014 Music Inc ambassador Oriste Williams said: The app is educational,...
The Great British take off
...copyright law. Copyright is a property right that resides in specific artistic works. Copyright law cannot protect ideas for shows. This is because IP law balances the interests of all...
Can you meet the standard?
The government receives a wide range of submissions, from a wide range of organisations and individuals, all with the overriding objective of helping us understand the particular issues facing them...
Upcoming research - what's next?
We are excited to announce the publication of the Intellectual Property Office’s (IPO) new research programme for 2014-2015. As readers of IPO Facto will be aware, our team commissions a...
Trip down memory lane
...European Patent Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office put together. Work of the ERE team Which brings us nicely to this blog and the point of today’s post?...
Innovation finance – a bigger role for IP?
"Have you got a patent?" ask the Dragons in the Den when deciding who to finance. But if a young entrepreneur goes to the bank for funding, they may not...
The tragedy of the commons
Traffic congestion, intellectual property rights (IPRs) and my housemates' tendency to use unfeasible quantities of water and electricity might seem unrelated. But, they are all manifestations of the tragedy of...
Secondment placement at the IPO
Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Zbigniew and I work in the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. In November I was seconded to the Intellectual Property...
3D printing patents – new report
Building (layer by layer!) on our previous post on 3D printing, today (19 November 2013) we are taking a look at some new work by our esteemed Patent Informatics colleagues....
Ofcom’s standards for good evidence workshop
On 13 September 2013 Ofcom hosted the joint Ofcom/Intellectual Property Office (IPO) workshop on standards for good evidence. Hosted by Charlotte Waelde (University of Exeter), the event emphasised the need...
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