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£2,000 Vouchers for Intellectual Property with S&P – Apply before 31 March 2015!
Swindell & Pearson is delighted to announce that you can now apply for a voucher of up to ...
Swindell & Pearson is delighted to announce that you can now apply for a voucher of up to £2,000 from the Government to pay for our intellectual property servic - Read more
Who Applies for European Patents?
Recently published statistics from the EPO reveal some interesting qualitative indications...
Recently published statistics from the EPO reveal some interesting qualitative indications as to how important or popular European patents might be to organisat - Read more
Validation of European Patents in Morocco
European patent applications filed after 1st March 2015 can now be validated in Morocco. W...
European patent applications filed after 1st March 2015 can now be validated in Morocco. With more non-European states are expected to become so-called “Validat - Read more
All Rabbit but no Win
In certain circumstances it is possible for the use of an identical trade mark to not be a...
In certain circumstances it is possible for the use of an identical trade mark to not be an infringement. The High Court has recently decided on a case where th - Read more
Intellectual Property Ownership in the UK
In this article, we review the laws governing ownership of intellectual property (IP) in t...
In this article, we review the laws governing ownership of intellectual property (IP) in the UK and discuss how these laws vary for different types of IP. We al - Read more
S&P Helps Client Secure IP for Smart Headphones
For over 20 years Duncan Walsh has been a professional squash player achieving success in ...
For over 20 years Duncan Walsh has been a professional squash player achieving success in winning championships. Frustrated with the design limitations of conve - Read more
Design Success in Ice Cream Dispute
We are pleased to report that our client Whitby Specialist Vehicles Ltd has recently been ...
We are pleased to report that our client Whitby Specialist Vehicles Ltd has recently been successful in the High Court in bringing infringement proceedings base - Read more
Swindell & Pearson Announces Appointments and Promotions on back of Successful Year
New faces as Swindell & Pearson Ltd looks ahead to 2015.
New faces as Swindell & Pearson Ltd looks ahead to 2015. - Read more
Practical Lessons from Magmatic versus PMS
Now the dust has settled on the English Court of Appeal’s ruling that PMS’s Kiddee Case do...
Now the dust has settled on the English Court of Appeal’s ruling that PMS’s Kiddee Case does not infringe Magmatic’s Community registered design of the Trunki s - Read more
Implications of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 to your Business
With certain provisions of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 having come into force in Oc...
With certain provisions of the Intellectual Property Act 2014 having come into force in October, Robert Sales of Swindell & Pearson looks at what practical step - Read more
UK and Germany Reach Compromise on UK Patent Box Tax Regime
The UK and Germany have reached a compromise position in relation to the UK Patent Box tax...
The UK and Germany have reached a compromise position in relation to the UK Patent Box tax regime and similar preferential tax regimes relating to patents or ot - Read more
Options for Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in China
This is the second part of a two part series of articles on intellectual property (IP) rig...
This is the second part of a two part series of articles on intellectual property (IP) rights in China. In the previous article we discussed options for protect - Read more