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14th March 2024
HGF Ranked Highly in UK WIPR Trade Mark Rankings 2024

We are happy to announce that the WIPR rankings for 2024 are now live, and HGF has been highly ranked. HGF has been recognised as: Highly Recommended in Non-Contentious Law …

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14th March 2024
Fashionably IP Podcast – Episodes 21-30 – exploring hot topics in the world of fashion and intellectual property

Episodes 21-30 of the Fashionably IP Podcast where we will be looking at important hot topics in the world of fashion and intellectual property. We will be focusing on key …

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8th - 9th May 2024
LSPN North America Spring 2024

HGF are silver sponsors of the LSPN North America Spring event, due to go ahead from the 8th-9th May 2024 at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. This premier event, …

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14th March 2024
IP Ingredients, Part 9: Protecting a food or drink manufacturing process

While patents are most often associated with new products like food compositions or food preparation equipment, they can also be obtained for new processes. Process patents are sometimes considered to …

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Event
11th - 12th March 2024
IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe 2024

HGF is sponsoring the IQPC Global IP Exchange Europe, which will be held on 11th – 12th March in Dusseldorf. HGF Chair Lucy Johnson will be chairing the event and …

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12th March 2024
[Un]Fair Play – A look at the Thatchers and Lidl judgements

We look at unfair advantage and detriment through the lens of the recent Lidl v Tesco and Thatchers v Aldi judgments. Two very different outcomes on the same legal principles …

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12th March 2024
Who earns their stripes

Adidas the well known German sportwear and apparel brand,  around 1949 started using three stripes on a pair of running shoes, with the three stripes now being an integral part …

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12th March 2024
Trouble in “Motherland” – Mothercare and Poundland in Trade Mark Dispute

The UK baby care market was valued at an estimated £1.3 billion in 2020, so it is little wonder that Mothercare found itself ‘rattled’ at the prospect of Poundland allegedly …

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12th March 2024
Scooping up the essentials

We have previously touched on high street brands where the IP has been acquired, but not necessarily the stores and revisit with some of the business movements ongoing recently. According to …

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