There are 5 crucial points to know about trademarks that might change your entire approach to branding and trademark registration. I’ll start by answering the question what is a trademark.
What is a Trademark?
Trademarks...
June 7, 2010
If you are starting up in business, getting the right legal help can be a key to success – especially if you are a creative business. An effective Intellectual Property strategy to properly structure your IP rights from...
There are 5 crucial points to know about trademarks that might change your entire approach to branding and trademark registration. I’ll start by answering the question what is a trademark.
What is a Trademark?
Trademarks...
GDPR is all about introducing greater transparency, increased accountability and enhanced privacy rights for all of us. For example, we can manage our permissions to tech platforms as a result of being notified about the data...
October 18, 2010
An interactive workshop to be delivered by Shireen Smith, Solicitor at Azrights. Venue: British Library (follow link)
Whether you’re starting out in business, or creating new products and services for your existing business, you’ll want to make sure you’re doing things right, that your actions will set you up for success.
Unless...
3D trademarks are notoriously difficult to register, as Nestlé found out last week just short of a few broken fingers. Earlier this summer we wrote about the Advocat-General’s (AG) opinion of the European court...
The latest in Nestlé’s attempts to trademark its iconic four-finger chocolate is at odds with EU Law.
Back in 2012 we reported in our blog Can you trademark a colour? that Cadbury had managed to secure a...
3D printing is a technological advance that has been getting a lot of press recently due to the sense of excitement about the possibilities it might hold. The implications of this advance are being speculated as huge, with the...
April 4, 2009
Shireen Smith of Azrights Chaired this CLT conference in London and presented a talk on:
“Introduction to Trade Marks and Online Branding”
July 28, 2010
Safeguarding the New: How to Use IP Rights Effectively
Shireen Smith will be speaking on the special role of brand names, trade mark protection, and managing your brand online at this conference, which focuses on the effective...
It was a pleasure to celebrate the 10th birthday of the IPKat yesterday with blogmeister Jeremy Phillips and friends, and having had a thoroughly enjoyable time I wanted to say a few words personally about the value...
November 3, 2009
In the murky waters of the internet lie many threats to brands and their value. From webscraping to cybersquatting this conference analyses the problems and pitfalls and offers a range of proactive and reactive approaches to brand...
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