People often ring us up when they receive a note of threatened opposition to their trade mark application so I thought it might be useful to give an overview of the UK Intellectual Property Office’s opposition process.

The UKIPO ...

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The more thoughtfully you implement your ideas when starting your online business, the fewer actions you’ll need to undo or re...

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I recently read The Power of Habit Why We Do What We Do and How to Change.

Books have a wealth of wisdom and this one is a re...

Before considering a budget for services such as Outsourcing, Trademark or Patents even, I’d like to give you some pointers based on my experience of advising startups of all types over the last 15 years.

Businesses tend to chang...

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I was surprised to hear a while back that only a minority of students who buy online courses actually open and use them let al...

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What’s the big deal with digital products? Why are so many people creating online products to sell? What are digital products ...

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When I started my law firm back in 2004 I really didn’t have a clue about how to run a business let alone a law firm. So, I di...

Although “deregulation” of the legal industry in the UK was initiated by the Legal Services Act 2007 the new laws didn’t come into effect until 2011, and far from the “big bang” that was anticipated it was a damp squid.

Ther...

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As we transition from an industrial economy to an information, knowledge based one, there is a boom in entrepreneurship. Mor...

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The more you learn the more you earn, is a quote I read somewhere recently which struck me because it’s so apt for the new d...

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Brand is one of those terms that is bandied around quite a lot so that there is a lot of confusion among business owners abo...

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Branding is essentially about clarifying who you are, what do you do and what differentiates you. It’s about a lot more th...