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PATENTS and TRADE MARKS
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Protecting Websites, Databases ... |
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Written by Philip Cooper
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Websites can be protected through copyright insofar as their text, graphics and images are concerned. All that is required to establish copyright is proof of origination and ownership, which means retaining dated evidence of origination and creation such as by way of original artwork, copy, screenshots and related correspondence and…
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Written by Philip Cooper
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To obtain a patent in the United Kingdom, usually the first step is to file a basic application. This simply comprises a description of the invention (which should be set out in a special way) and, if appropriate, drawings illustrating a specific form of the invention. The filing of such..
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Design Rights and Registration |
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Written by Philip Cooper
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Manufacturing designs that are not wholly functional, known as “industrial designs”, are protected chiefly by the different forms of registered and unregistered design right which exist. These designs are normally excluded from copyright except in certain circumstances, for example...
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Written by Philip Cooper
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Every business has an identity that reflects its qualities and values. These might be product innovation, customer service, delivery, know-how, cost reduction, concern for the environment, whatever customers remember it for.
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Protecting Product .....Get-Up |
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Written by Philip Cooper
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A trade mark is anything which identifies products or services to distinguish them from competing or related products. In other words, it is something which denotes the commercial origin of...
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Protecting Character & Personality.. |
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Written by Philip Cooper
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Character & personality rights can be protected by trade mark registration when the names and designs in question are used to brand or endorse products and/or services of whatever kind..
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Written by Philip Cooper
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Foreign patents can be obtained in a number of different ways depending on the countries in which patent protection is required:
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International Trade Mark Reg |
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Written by Philip Cooper
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A Community Trade Mark (CTM) may be applied for to cover all 25 countries in the European Union under a single registration. A Benelux Trade Mark can also be registered to cover Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg in a single registration.
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Written by Philip Cooper
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Patents protect ideas. A registered design, unregistered design right or copyright can only protect a specific form of an idea. They do not protect the idea itself. Only a patent can do this because the scope of protection afforded by a patent is defined in words, in its “claims”.
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Trade Mark and Market Clearance |
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Written by Philip Cooper
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Before a trade mark is adopted its use should be cleared by an infringement search.
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Written by Philip Cooper
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For registration a trademark must be used or intended for use in respect of particular goods or services.
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