IP Insight

Edition 18, September 2008

Claim your rights

If you have a well-defined portfolio of IP rights, you can usually find a way of fending off any imitators - or of persuading them to start paying you a royalty on sales.

Pocket diagnostic

Bird flu? Foot and mouth? Chris Danks can tell you whether or not you have a case on your hands in three minutes.

Bomb disposal

You have bought a business. All of its documentation and software have been sent to you on a set of discs. You are in sole possession and apparently can use this material as you see fit. So what could possibly go wrong?

International applications unaffected by legislation

Through its membership of the Madrid Protocol, the UK-IPO continues to offer trade mark owners an effective route to registration abroad.

Resolving patent disputes, letting the UK-IPO decide

This is the fifth in a series of articles looking at the different ways in which patent disputes between parties can be resolved.

IP in the news

Intellectual Property related stories with an international flavour which has attracted media attention over the past month.

Your questions answered

Frequently asked questions about IP issues and strategies.