Patents for Board Games It may come as a surprise to some that board games and card games are, under certain conditions, patentable in the UK and in the USA, and patents for board games can be hugely valuable. In fact, one of the best known board games in the world...
The Patent Box Scheme A patent is a type of intellectual property right intended to protect technical innovation, and its purpose is to enable its owner to prevent third parties from making or selling (or otherwise using for commercial purposes) the innovation covered...
Timing applications for registered IP to suit your business Registered IP refers to types of intellectual property rights that have to go through some sort of application or registration process in order to exist and they do, inevitably, carry a cost. Although there...
Episode 2 The wonderful world of patents (2) Once again. I find myself drawn to weird and wonderful patents as inspiration to start the New Year. Many of the world’s population (predominantly female, I suspect) will have started (yet another) diet on 1st January...
Episode 1 Technology has advanced at an astounding rate in recent years, and innovation has continued to be prolific, resulting in huge numbers of patent applications being filed every year by innovators expecting to capitalise on their inventions. Not all patented...
