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How to Design Your Brand
April 17, 2020

The silo approach to branding whereby creatives produce brand designs and names without any reference to Intellectual Property lawyers, while IP lawyers protect IP that they’ve had no part in advising upon, does not give busines

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How to Add Value To Your Business Using the Right Brand and IP Strategy
April 26, 2020

It is generally accepted that what makes an asset valuable, whether it is a digital or physical one, or any type of intellectual property such as a patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright or design, is based on answers to que

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How Not to Brand Your Business in the 21st century
June 5, 2020

The internet has radically changed the rules for most industries, be it news, music, PR, retail or any other you may care to think about. That’s not surprising given the rapid pace of technological development the internet has spa

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How Brands Grow – A book by Byron Sharp
June 12, 2020

Back in 2011 when I began writing my bookĀ Legally BrandedĀ I realised that despite spending years focused on brand protection, I didn’t really know what the word ā€˜brand’ meant and what was involved to create one.

Having joined BN

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Every Successful Business Starts With Successful Branding
October 17, 2020

Building a strong brand means starting with a clear vision of where you want your brand to go. This was the key takeaway when Shireen Smith invited Daniel Priestley, owner of Dent and author ofĀ Oversubscribed: How To Get Peopl...

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Don’t Choose Names Without Involving a Trademark Lawyer Who ā€œgetsā€ Branding
February 9, 2020

The 7 Costly Mistakes People Make When Turning their Big Idea into a Business, or when Branding or Rebranding Anything

The name is a key part of your brand identity. It’s possibly the most important decision you will ever mak

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Distinctive Brand Assets
December 11, 2020

Intangibles such as the distinctive assets that you create for your brand identity, or during promotional campaigns are important to being noticed and remembered by buyers.

Daniel Kahneman, who wrote the bookĀ Thinkin...

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Brexit and Trademarks
November 30, 2020

The transition period allowed for by the EU Withdrawal Bill ends on 31 December 2020 so that on 1 January 2021 the UK will no longer be part of the EU.

The impact of Brexit will soon be felt in every sphere of our li

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Branding Services – Two Noteworthy Issues
September 14, 2020

Having spent the last few years immersing myself in books about brands and branding, listening to podcasts and audio books, writing and broadcasting on the subject and offering introductory courses on branding, I’ve

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Branding – The Terminology
September 10, 2020

A brand is about a lot more than just about how it looks. ā€œBrandā€ can be an important business tool if used well.

Yet ā€œbrandā€ and ā€œbrandingā€ are terms that mystify many business owners. Even those who go through a branding

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Branding - In Search of a Visual Hammer

December 4, 2020

The bookĀ Visual Hammer – Nail your Brand into the Mind with the Emotional Power of a VisualĀ by Laura Ries captured my imagination when I read it back in 2013.

I immediately saw the power that a visual hammer would offer a brand,

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The First Costly Mistake People Make When Branding their Big Idea or Rebranding Their Business
January 12, 2020

Eureka! You have hit on an idea that you believe is a spectacular business idea.

Or you have joined the league of inventors with one breathtaking invention of your own. You can hardly wait to launch it and let everybody know ...

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