News archive for November 2014
All of our news from November 2014
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Innovation Vouchers, IP Advice and Your Business
November 2014
Up to £5k funding for UK based start-up, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to work with an external expert to gain the knowledge to innovate and grow is now available through the Innovation Voucher scheme.
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Counterfeits, Crime and Cartier
November 2014
October 2014 has seen both the publication of the UK IP Crime Report for 2013/14, and a land mark legal decision in the UK Courts granting web-site blocking orders in respect of websites that infringe trade marks (Cartier International AG and others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 3354 (Ch) “Cartier & ors v BSB & ors”).
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Court of Appeal Order Retrial in Interflora Keyword Advertising Case
November 2014
The dispute between Interflora and Marks and Spencer has rumbled on now for nearly five years. In 2008, Interflora launched trade mark infringement proceedings against Marks & Spencer.
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More Rule Changes for the better at the EPO – Lack of unity and further searches in the regional phase
November 2014
Applicants may enter the European regional phase at the European Patent Office (EPO) from a PCT application. The EPO may or may not have acted as the International Searching Authority (ISA) for the PCT application.
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