The difference between a Solicitor and an Intellectual Property Attorney, be it a Patent Attorney or a Trade Mark attorney, can sometimes be a source of confusion for those who are not familiar with the legal or IP world. Luckily, our colleagues in M&D have put together two handy guides [...]
Use of Royal Symbols as Trade Marks Love them or loathe them the British Royal Family are big business and companies associated with them can reap substantial rewards. During this Platinum Jubilee year many businesses are likely to try to take advantage of the heightened awareness of the Queen and [...]
I recently heard the story of a young boy who was trying to get to his Mum who was working the other side of a stack of boxes. He couldn’t see a way around the boxes but, instead of giving up, opted to use his toys to create a ladder. [...]
Good news, copyright protection is free! It behooves businesses to be aware of, not only the copyright in their own work but, in order not to infringe a third party’s rights, also copyright which may subsist within the work of third parties. So, what does Copyright protect? It is important [...]
When Brexit came into effect on the 1st January 2021 it changed matters on the IP scene. We have been monitoring proceedings over the past year and provide here an update. Since a European Union (EU) trade mark registration no longer covers the United Kingdom (UK), a separate application is [...]
Ansons are pleased to announce that we will be publishing a "Back to Basics" series over the coming months with a focus on the basic facts of each form of IP. IP has a breadth of coverage, of which some people may be unaware. It stretches from trade marks, patents [...]
You may have seen that Ballymoney entrepreneur Zara McLaughlin has been getting some publicity recently due to a letter received from the representatives of the owners of trade mark registrations for the mark ZARA. These numerous registrations cover, inter alia, goods which are identical to those which Ms McLaughlin produces. [...]
We have written about exhaustion of rights in the context of Brexit in the past on our sister website MacLachlan & Donaldson, and have been monitoring the news to keep you up to date on what will be happening in this area in the UK. As you may be aware, [...]
