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How to Blog Safely and Avoid Infringement of Intellectual Property
April 19, 2019

In my previous post, I looked at the issue of protecting your blog content and identity. This blog briefly looks at some of the issues concerning the inclusion of other people’s materials in your content.

As I mentioned in...

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International Trade Marks
April 25, 2019

Trade marks are your “badge of origin”, and serve to identify your products and services.  Without trade marks, it would be impossible to find the products and services we like and to avoid those we don’t....

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Does Copyright Protect Names?
May 19, 2019

Copyright is a wide-ranging subject, and relevant to many creative and non-creative industries.  

It is arguably the most universally relevant IP right, covering written materials, music, art, logos, and computer...

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Trade Names or Business Names as Trademarks

May 25, 2019

Quin & Donnelly was a well-known and successful fashion design partnership in Ireland which was founded more than 30 years ago when the pair were fashion students.

Their collections had been...

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When Does a Start Up Need to Register a Trademark?
June 2, 2019

Every time you create a product, service, or business, you need a brand identity for it. Without a doubt, the most important element of most brands is the name.

The law protects names through trademarks, not copyright.  

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Opposition to a UK Trade Mark
June 9, 2019

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...

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Starting An Online Business Will Be Easier If You Take Action In The Correct Way
June 23, 2019

If you prefer to listen/watch a video instead of reading then click here to go to my youtube channel.

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

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Power of Habits – How Habits Are The Way To Protecting An Organisation’s Intellectual Property
June 30, 2019

If you prefer to listen/watch a video instead of reading then click here to go to my youtube channel.

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...

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Intellectual Property Business Advice For Startups
July 6, 2019

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...

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Digital Courses – What You Need To Know Before You Start Creating Yours
July 14, 2019

If you prefer to listen/watch a video instead of reading then click here to go to my youtube channel.

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

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Digital Products – Why Relying on Customers to Tell You What They Want Won’t Work
July 21, 2019

If you prefer to listen/watch a video instead of reading then click here to go to my youtube channel.

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

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Starting Your Own Business – Learn From My Story Setting Up A Law Practice
July 28, 2019

If you prefer to listen/watch a video instead of reading then click here to go to my youtube channel.

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...

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