Posts under ‘IPO’

When a key player in the Government’s plans to strengthen the IP framework, encourages business owners to file their own trade marks, explaining this is to help them afford trade mark registration, I wonder what’s going on. Many lawyers educate the public about the value of taking legal advice.  So, it is somewhat surprising for [...]

The UK Trade Mark Registry has launched a new trade mark application service called Right Start which goes live today. Under the Right Start service applicants will be able to test whether their trade mark will be accepted by examiners before committing to the full registration process and cost.  They will only have to pay [...]

I think it’s worth looking at what has happened here given the allegations of defamation. It all started when I posted a tweet on Twitter mentioning that 3 clients had received CTMFS’ ‘invoices’. Ending with the word ‘scams’. If Mr Evans’ intention was to stop the use of the word ‘scam’ in relation to the [...]

What is a scam?  According to the consumer fraud reporting “A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short (also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons …. usually with the goal of financial or other gain…” The Intellectual Property Office devotes a whole page here warning IP [...]

We recently blogged here about OHIM’s plans to reduce its fees for trade mark applications, and it seems the UK IPO are following suit with a plan to reduce trade mark application fees by 15%. The Financial Times reports here that the IPO are keen to ensure that the UK IPO trade mark fees are [...]

OHIM, the European Office for trade marks and design registration, has announced that it will slash fees by 40%. This price change could take place in a matter of weeks. At the moment the price of filing for a CTM online is €1600 for an online filing and €1750 for a paper application but after [...]