the Unitary Patent and the UPC Introduction The European Patent Convention currently allows an applicant to seek patent protection in the 38 EPC Member States via a single European patent application which, once granted, can be validated in any or all of those...
Patent Searching Every year, hundreds of thousands of patent applications are published globally and, as a searchable collection, published patent specifications hold a wealth of commercially-useful, as well as scientifically-valuable, information. Whether you want to...
Insure your USPs with registered IP Registered IP rights are just like more traditional insurance products: you hope you are never in a situation whereby you need to use it. But if you do, financial (and other) recompense can be claimed. But, unlike traditional...
IP protection for your databases Have you invested a lot of time, effort and know-how into creating databases within your business? Among the most valuable assets within many businesses are the collections of data they have created in order to allow them to carry on...
Why register your design? I am often asked, if you have patent protection for your innovative product, why register your design as well? Registered designs protect the outward appearance of something, rather than its underlying technical concept. For that reason,...
IP Valuation I repeatedly wax lyrical about not underestimating the value of intellectual property to your business. IP protects your key differentiators, the elements of your business offerings that set them apart from your competitors. To you (and your business), IP...
