IP risks, just another bump on the way to success?
It is a fact of. business life that you will hit the IP risks and bumps at some stage: These may include the following IP risks: Trademark musical chairs ! Copyright flattery (or n
Trade Secrets aren’t Bullet Proof but they are Very Good
Guilty South Korean company, Kolon admitted conspiring with two former DuPont employees between 2006 and 2009 to get access to information about how DuPont makes its Kevlar fibres.
How to Better Represent Your Brand
The Lights are On, but No One is Home! The Aga saga. Aga stores are closing around Britian, is this because the English love affair with this venerable cooker is over or just it ju
You’re Authentic? Really? Why No Registered Trademark?
Can you be authentic without a registered trademark? Not with Google, or Outlook, or Outlook, or Microsoft, or Amazon, or MailChimp……….etc. The blue tick (or chec
Some Re-Brands Make More Sense Than Others!
Some Re-Brands Are Logical To Existing Customers ‘It does what it says on the packet’ Others are ambitious even ‘game changing’, especially when seeking to
Chat Is Cheap But Not Any More. Expensive Domain Names.
Dharmesh Shah CTO of HubSpot spotted an opportunity, buying domain name Chat.com $15.5m! Less than a year later he sold it again for $20m! The buyer none less than Open AI CEO Sam
Defending Registered Trademarks – Article in The Times newspaper
Why Portakabin is Entitled to Fight its Trademark Battle I was very pleased to be quoted in Friday’s The Times. A brilliant article by Harry Wallop demonstrating the importan
Google Made The Calculated Decision To Bulldoze Their Trademark Rights
What can you do when Big Co decides they like your name? In 2021 there were 750 companies registered at UK Companies House with Meta in their name. Did Facebook care when they chan
Deliberate Trademark Infringement by Nike?
Deliberate Trademark Infringement by Nike? Big Co knowingly infringes Small Co’s trademark expecting to go to court and win because it could outspend smaller Co? This is what
Social Media Influencer Declared Bankrupt After Post With Abba
Social Media Influencer Katrin Szymborska’s company declared bankrupt in August 2024. The same year she received two hefty fines, contributing to the demise of her company. F
