HLBBshaw News Feed HLBBshaw are building the European based IP practice of choice for staff and clients on the foundations of excellent professional work output and the very best service delivery standards. http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php 15 Madrid Protocol International System of Trade Mark Registration Grows in 2010 The number of member states of the Madrid Protocol continues to grow. This ongoing expansion will be to the benefit of... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=108 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=108 2010-09-01 00:00:00 UK Company Names Tribunal actions: what are they and what needs to be shown? The owners of established company names should be aware of the system for being able to object to identical or similar... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=107 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=107 2010-08-24 00:03:00 Should an IPO Opinion be part of your strategy? Now that the fifth anniversary of its introduction is in sight, we take a further look at the UK Intellectual Property... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=106 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=106 2010-08-13 00:00:00 New domain names are coming - is your protection sufficient? a recently available list of prospective applicants for new ‘generic top level domains’ (gTLDs) serves as an alert to... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=105 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=105 2010-08-06 00:03:00 What happens to the IP of a company in administration? The following article appears in today's "Ask the Experts" feature in The Birmingham Post. For full article download... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=103 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=103 2010-07-29 00:00:00 Who owns intellectual property? An article entitled "Who owns intellectual property?" was published in The Institution of Engineering and Technology's... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=102 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=102 2010-07-27 00:03:00 Do you feel threatened? In many jurisdictions, a forceful letter alleging patent or trade mark infringement is simply part of the normal cut... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=101 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=101 2010-07-21 00:00:00 Litigants beware – groundless threats provisions rear their face again As recent case law demonstrates, potential litigants in the UK must be aware and take heed of the groundless threats... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=100 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=100 2010-07-19 00:00:00 Statistics for EPO Oppositions and Appeals – Update This article provides an update to our March 2008 publication on EPO opposition and appeal statistics. The EPO... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=99 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=99 2010-07-16 00:00:00 Dust settles on software and other excluded inventions following G3/08 and Bilski Decisions A look at the effects of recent decisions on software and other excluded inventions http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=98 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=98 2010-07-15 00:03:00 Accelerated Prosecution of patent applications at the EPO and UK IPO – an update The EPO and UK IPO each have procedures for applicants who wish to increase the speed with which their patent... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=97 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=97 2010-07-12 00:00:00 Use of a Trade Mark to invalidate a Registered Community Design A Registered Community Design ("RCD") is a unitary right which provides protection for designs across the European... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=96 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=96 2010-07-05 00:00:00 Invalidity of Registered Community Designs: Conflict between Designs In a recent judgment, the General Court has sought to provide some clarification of the term "conflict". For full... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=95 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=95 2010-07-02 00:00:00 Importance of co-existence Agreements and consent to registration clauses confirmed by UK Courts In a recent decision, the Chancery Division of England & Wales ruled that consent to registration in a co-existence... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=94 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=94 2010-07-01 00:00:00 Is it too late to obtain IP rights? The following article appears in The Birmingham Post’s “Ask the Experts” feature today, Thursday 24th June 2010. For... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=93 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=93 2010-06-24 00:00:00 Care needed when renewing Community Trade Marks The General Court in Luxembourg has recently refused an appeal against a decision of a Board of Appeal of the... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=91 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=91 2010-06-17 00:03:00 Extension of UK Patent Rights Subject to certain timescales and official requirements discussed more fully below, a proprietor of a granted UK patent... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=92 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=92 2010-06-16 00:00:00 Business Angels meet HLBBshaw Associate Director and Senior Patent Attorney, Dr Alex Turnbull will be attending with a client at tonights YABA event... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=90 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=90 2010-06-15 00:00:00 Enlarged Board of Appeal gives its Opinion on current EPO case law on computer implemented inventions The Enlarged Board of Appeal has now handed down its Opinion in case G3/08. For full article download PDF http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=89 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=89 2010-06-01 00:03:00 Priority in Europe - Everything you wanted to know but did not want to ask Both granted patents and applications in the examination phase can, and often do, fail on the basis of the invalidity... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=87 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=87 2010-05-31 00:03:00 Copyright law relating to photographs The following article appears today in the Ask the Expert feature in the Birmingham Post. http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=88 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=88 2010-05-27 00:00:00 HLBBshaw hosting IP Clinic Alex Turnbull, Associate Director at HLBBshaw is running an IP Clinic at NETPark, Sedgefield, on Tuesday May... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=86 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=86 2010-05-10 00:00:00 Trade Mark search is a very hot topic The following article appears in the Ask the Experts feature in today's Birmingham Post. For full article download... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=85 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=85 2010-04-22 00:00:00 Review of the recent Google AdWords decision The Court of Justice of the European Union has now issued its ruling as to whether the AdWords program run by Google... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=84 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=84 2010-04-19 00:03:00 Tactical use of Divisional Applications My company has a single European patent application which is not yet granted and which covers our best-selling product.... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=82 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=82 2010-03-25 00:00:00 Computer Software and Copyright Update A recent High Court Case has provided some pointers as to best practice when recruiting developers to work on a... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=81 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=81 2010-03-18 00:00:00 NetPark Incubator Event for SMEs - 16th March Dr Alex Turnbull, Senior Attorney will be presenting on the subject of "Using IP for Competitive Advantage" at a... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=80 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=80 2010-03-11 00:00:00 The Patent Prosecution Highway: The expanding network As described in previous articles, the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a scheme involving cooperating national IP... http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=79 http://www.hlbbshaw.com/news.php?id=79 2010-03-10 00:03:00