Rosemary Eve, electronics specialists at Brookes Batchellor LLP, will be attending the Business Innovation Group – Kent’s Motoring and Transport Industry Forum, at the Russell Hotel Maidstone, on Friday 30 September 2011. The event features a number of presentations …
The European patent filing system was created, back in the 1970s, to make it less expensive to gain patent protection across Europe than it had been previously when inventors had no choice but to file applications, duly translated in full …
The .xxx (“dot triple-X”) Top Level Domain (TLD) will become available from 1 December 2011, intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet, and will be released and allocated on a first come first served basis. As …
Roy Prentice, a UK and European Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney, recently reflected on changes in the working world of Intellectual Property. Here he adds to those reflections by relating what the examination system for qualification as a patent …
A patent attorney is a legal professional who specialises in assisting clients to protect intellectual property (IP), primarily IP deriving from technological inventions. The core work of patenting involves first understanding the invention and often conducting patent searches to see …
The internet registry organisations realised, when they decided to introduce the .xxx or “dot triple-X” as a voluntary option for pornographic website domain names from 1 December 2011, that many owners of existing domain names would not welcome the registration …
Owners of registered trade marks have just three months to take advantage of special provisions to allow them to stop pornographic websites using their marks in conjunction with new .xxx domains. .xxx (known as “dot triple-X”) is a Top Level …
This simple flowchart graphic shows the patent process in outline. Idea If you take a truely strategic approach to developing your IP Portfolio, you should discuss your new product ideas with your patent attorney at the earliest opportunity so that …
Roy Prentice, a UK and European Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney, who ran his own firm, Prentice & Matthews for many years before merging with Brookes Batchellor and who has recently celebrated 50 years in the profession, reflects on …
Patent attorneys tend to use the expression patent drafting to refer to the process where they write the patent description and claims, which is the core of any patent application, and in due course, if allowed, of the granted patent …
Brookes Batchellor is pleased to announce another successful round of British examinations. Pamela Botell has now passed the final examination required for qualification as a British and European trade mark attorney; Gareth Holliday passed every examination he sat and now …
The London agreement came into force in 2008 and dramatically reduced the cost of European patent protection by providing that translations of European patents were no longer necessarily required by states party to the agreement. The latest news is that …
You can claim to have a “patent pending” as soon as you, or your patent attorney, have filed, or even just posted your patent application – see “How quickly can I get a patent pending” – although some would advise …