There Are Several Ways To Protect Your Innovation
Patents are not the only answer to the innovation / invention IP question. If I asked you if I could share your invention with the world, what would you want in return? This is the
Recycling The Old Legs and Laughs
We did it. We managed a tour 14 years after the last one. Until 20120 we used to do a 4 day trip every year for but life got in the way. Last November we met for our usual drinks (
The Great Woolly Cardigan Fleecing – When Furry Turns Fake!
Woolly, furry, cosy cardigans looked great on Facebook But when they were delivered ‘Not So Much’ The product was not wool at all but polyester with a photograph printe
To Lose Three Trade Secrets Looks Like Carelessness!
Employee joins another company, transfers valuable knowledge to develop competing products! AbbVie has at least three trade secrets law suits like this underway at the moment: R
Easy Trademark When You Know How
Why invite trouble when you choose your name? ‘Easy’ anything is going to get challenged by Stelios and his easyGroup lawyers so why would you even bother? Change Your Name? Po
How Do You Protect The IP In Your Business For Free?
First understand your value drivers Then work out how to protect those with contracts, technical measures and IP (intellectual property). You can start today with unregistered righ
The Smiths Trademark Makes Morrissey Miserable Now
Johnny Marr has run off and registered The Smiths trademark in his name without telling Morrissey! Morrissey is not happy saying: “Amongst many other things, this means that Marr
The Best Businesses Know Their Value Drivers and Their Linkages To IP
What is it that drives value in your business? What differentiates your business? What enables you to retain higher margins? Do LVMH know how their to protect the luxury, exclusivi
Why A List of IP Is Important in M&A?
I am John Pryor, making IP accessible and valuable for your business. The Benefit of Hindsight UpfrontTM Innovation Without IP Is Charity IP Provides Defence From Unlicensed Offenc
Do Your Customers Treat Your Information and Trade Secrets With Care?
Was a cyber security weak spot for the US Department of Defence one of their suppliers?! Yes, they signed the NDA and had a long standing contract. But did they have the same proce
