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Changes to the law on the protection of designs

Bircham Dyson Bell
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European Union, United Kingdom
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September 24 2007

Changes to the law on the protection of designs in recent years have raised the status of what used to be the Cinderella of intellectual property rights

A-z of intellectual property

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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August 31 2008

Intellectual Property IP has acquired an almost magical aura in recent years

IP licensing and competition rules

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 19 2007

Question: When will a company happily set up another business in competition with it?

IP health checks for small firms

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 19 2007

The government has announced that, as recommended by the Gowers Review last December (reported in our last Bulletin) small firms are to be offered intellectual property audits

Patenting computer software

Bircham Dyson Bell
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European Union, United Kingdom
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July 19 2007

It's supposed to be pretty clear that computer software cannot be patented in Europe: the Patents Act in the UK, and the European Patent Convention, both say unequivocally that a program for a computer as such cannot be the subject of a patent

Trade marks registration practice

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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September 24 2007

The biggest change to hit the trade mark world in the United Kingdom since the introduction of the Community Trade Mark (CTM) will arrive on 1 October 2007

Trade marks round-up: similarity of goods and the issue of distinctiveness

Bircham Dyson Bell
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European Union, United Kingdom
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September 24 2007

The question of how distinctive a trade mark has to be in order to gain registration has, once again, come under the microscope, as shown by the recent glut of cases debating this point

Da Vinci Code not a copy Court of Appeal

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 19 2007

We reported the decision of Mr Justice Peter Smith that The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown did not infringe copyright in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, as two of its three authors had alleged

Groundless threats: take care!

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 19 2007

Intellectual property rights are so potent that the law gives remedies to people aggrieved by threats of infringement actions

Who owns an employee's invention?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 19 2007

Normally, there is little difficulty identifying when an employer has the rights to an employee's invention and when those rights remain with the employee