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Diagnosis and chill? The rise of AI health tech subscription services
By automating tedious and time-consuming tasks, and having the capability to identify trends and connections in vast amounts of patient data, AI has the potential for good, to speed up diagnosis, improve …
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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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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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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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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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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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[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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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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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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