Trade Mark Registration Archive
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How Healthy is your Company’s Intellectual Property?
Posted on December 5, 2012 | No CommentsIntellectual property is often an area which small businesses overlook, either because they think it is not relevant to them, or because it is surrounded in complex rules. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) have been making a lot of effort recently to educate small businesses... -
IPO Warn About Misleading Trademark Renewal Notices
Posted on October 1, 2012 | No CommentsWe register trademarks for a lot of our customers. As a result we end up getting a lot of invoices for trademark renewals, community trademark filing and entries into public registers. They look official and are sent by official sounding companies but unfortunately a lot... -
No End in Sight for Social Enterprise Trade Mark Case
Posted on August 31, 2012 | No CommentsWe recently wrote about the trademark dispute around the term Social Enterprise. To give a quick recap the term Social Enterprise is used by a wide range of governmental and non-governmental bodies in the UK. It generally describes “business driven by social and/or environmental” motives.... -
“Social Enterprise”: A case study in trademark law
Posted on August 13, 2012 | No CommentsSocial Enterprise UK are an umbrella group set up to promote businesses with a community purpose. They define social enterprise as: A business driven by social and/or environmental purpose. They are trading organisations (their main income streams are revenues for goods and services provided, not... -
Similar Domain Names: How to Avoid Breaking the Rules
Posted on August 10, 2012 | 1 CommentWe frequently hear of cases where a start-up company has bought a domain name only to find that a very similar name is already in use. The start-ups usually want to know if they can get away with using their new domain name. As with... -
What is copyright and why does your business need to know about it?
Posted on July 26, 2012 | No CommentsCopyright is one of the 4 main types of intellectual property recognised in the UK. It is an automatic right which covers ‘original’ creative works. These can include literary works, music, art, images and film. It gives people who have created these works the right... -
What is a trade mark?
Posted on July 12, 2012 | No CommentsTrade marks are part of your intellectual property. Intellectual Property is a way of identifying who owns an idea. If an idea is covered by Intellectual Property then it is protected. Anyone who wants to make money from that idea has to ask permission and... -
Protecting Your Company Name
Posted on January 17, 2011 | No CommentsObviously starting a limited company you’ll be putting a great deal of work and effort into your business. You won’t want someone stealing your goodwill or taking advantage of your good name. Which is why it is important to protect your company name. Companies House... -
Registered Trademark Search – Protecting Your Business
Posted on December 21, 2010 | No CommentsTrademarks are logos or names which help to distinguish companies and their products in the market. Companies with a great idea, a good product or even just a brilliant business name will want to carry out a trademark registration in order to protect their interest.... -
Trademarking a Company Logo
Posted on May 28, 2010 | No CommentsIt is quite often the case that as part of a company formation, a trademark registration is carried out at the same time in order to protect the company logo. When a company trademarks a logo, it allows them to prevent other people or businesses...
