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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Intellectual Property rights’
Legal Tweet up – 7 June 2011
Tweet ups are when we take our online relationships offline and meet the faces behind the avatars. There is an appetite for more regular tweet ups so, later in this blog, I’ll mention some ideas for a trial run of regular London tweet ups. @Legalaware who was very quick off the mark reporting the recent [...]
Apple iphones and DRM
Apple has recently filed a patent for an infra red device, which can disable your iphone from taking pictures or recording footage during a concert. This is an interesting development for digital rights management. It may be another move by Apple to build up kudos with the music industry, as the industry’s cooperation is necessary [...]
Hargreaves Report – Copyright Obstructing Innovation Economy
The Hargreaves report was published on Wednesday. The report responds to the government’s instruction last autumn to look at whether current copyright laws are hindering innovation in this country. The short answer is, as Hargreaves succinctly puts it, ‘yes’; reform is needed (p1). The reaction to this report has been varied (for a list of [...]
Trademark registration – White label virtual department
As explained in this press release we saw a need to offer a ‘virtual trade mark registration’ service for law firms due to the SRA Conduct Rules 8 and 9 (which prohibit fee sharing with non lawyers and regulate referral fees). So, if a law firm’s clients need a trademark it is not straightforward for [...]
How To Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights Even In A Recession
A Business’ IP is often the most valuable asset it generates. So just neglecting to protect your IP in these recessionary times when budgets are tight can have adverse and long term implications—especially if there is a time limited window within which your IP may be registered. To avoid a large hole in your IP [...]
A Whiter Shade of Pale
The House of Lords’ decision yesterday that Matthew Fisher’s 38 year delay in claiming a share of copyright royalties should not prevent him claiming future royalties has been widely reported. See, for example the IPkat here. It is interesting therefore to focus here on how joint copyright arises, and how it came about that Fisher’s [...]
Every Business has Intellectual Property and should Protect it
Unless you just have a lifestyle business you need to understand intellectual property rights. In fact even if you have a lifestyle business, you still need to know enough about intellectual property rights so as to avoid trouble by unwittingly infringing others rights. WIPO has made it easy for SMEs to find out about intellectual [...]
