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Opening the floodgates to innovative ideas as WBD provides IP support to regulator funding initiative
08 Mar 2024
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has provided support on key intellectual property matters as part of a campaign from the national water regulator to foster new innovations for the sector.
Changes to UK Intellectual Property Office address for service rules
04 Mar 2024
On 1 January 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) updated their rules governing address for service (AFS) requirements for comparable UK trade mark and design registrations. Guidance on the changes can be found here. Briefly, if any contentious proceedings are lodged on or after 1 January 2024 against a comparable UK trade mark or design, appointment of a UK, Gibraltar or Channel Island address for service is required.
Changes to espionage offences in the National Security Act 2023
29 Feb 2024
Partner in Womble Bond Dickinson's commercial team Stephen Anderson has discussed the changes to espionage offences in the National Security Act 2023 with leading IP sector outlet IAM.
Cracking the US market – key considerations and strategies
31 Oct 2023
The United States offers a vast and diverse market for UK businesses looking to expand their operations.
Favourable currency exchange rates are making goods and services from the UK even more attractive. However, navigating the complex regulatory landscape and choosing the right entry point or location to set up shop can be overwhelming.
Womble Bond Dickinson's (WBD) Growing Global series offers insights and practical legal guidance for business leaders navigating global business challenges.
Favourable currency exchange rates are making goods and services from the UK even more attractive. However, navigating the complex regulatory landscape and choosing the right entry point or location to set up shop can be overwhelming.
Womble Bond Dickinson's (WBD) Growing Global series offers insights and practical legal guidance for business leaders navigating global business challenges.
Womble Bond Dickinson advises Keswick on pre-pack deal acquisition
31 Jul 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has advised Keswick Flooring, one the UK's leading online direct to consumer hard flooring brands, and a subsidiary of Nestware Holdings, the sister company of household brand Carpetright, on its acquisition of Coventry-headquartered UK Flooring Direct (UKFD).
Womble Bond Dickinson wins Impact Case of the Year at prestigious EMEA Managing IP Awards
22 Jun 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has won Impact Case of the Year at the EMEA Managing IP Awards 2023 for its work on landmark patent litigation case Geofabrics v FiberwebGeosynthetics, resulting in the highest ever UK court award of damages in an intellectual property dispute.
Countdown to 1 June: unitary patents and unified patent court decisions loom for European patent owners
30 Mar 2023
Patent owners soon will be entering a brave new world when establishing and enforcing European patents. Talks of a single, unitary European patent began back in 1962. An attempt to create one in the late 1980s failed, but finally, the Unitary Patent System and accompanying Unified Patent Court will happen this year, after lengthy delays and court challenges.
The new patent system will give patent holders a range of additional options to consider, but key decisions need to be made now, before the Unitary Patent System takes effect on 1 June 2023.
The new patent system will give patent holders a range of additional options to consider, but key decisions need to be made now, before the Unitary Patent System takes effect on 1 June 2023.
2023: The good, the bad faith and the metaverse
27 Mar 2023
Nearly a quarter in to 2023, and we are already seeing many interesting decisions from the UK and the EU courts and Intellectual Property Offices.
More changes and updates in the world of intellectual property are hotly anticipated, with Supreme Court decisions and potential post-Brexit legislation on the horizon.
Check out our commentary on some developments in IP in store for 2023 below.
More changes and updates in the world of intellectual property are hotly anticipated, with Supreme Court decisions and potential post-Brexit legislation on the horizon.
Check out our commentary on some developments in IP in store for 2023 below.
The be-gin-ning of the end? Aldi found to infringe M&S' designs for festive liqueur bottles
20 Feb 2023
Casting our minds back to the festive period of 2021, news that Marks & Spencer had launched legal proceedings against Aldi for copying its products – at that time, its decorative gin liqueur bottles – was a hot topic in the general media.
Just over a year later (a decent timeframe for the first stage of intellectual property infringement proceedings), Judge Hacon sitting in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has held that Aldi has indeed infringed Marks & Spencer's registered design rights.
Just over a year later (a decent timeframe for the first stage of intellectual property infringement proceedings), Judge Hacon sitting in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has held that Aldi has indeed infringed Marks & Spencer's registered design rights.
Womble Bond Dickinson supports Bristol charity with pro bono legal work
07 Feb 2023
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has provided its services pro-bono to Life Cycle, a Bristol-based charity that works to transform lives and the environment by broadening people's access to cycling.
James Love, a partner in WBD's Intellectual Property team, assisted Life Cycle through the Intellectual Property registration process to help the charity register its brand assets with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
Sally Cooper, Associate in WBD's charities team provided further assistance for a change of name, supporting Life Cycle's move to drop 'UK' from its title.
James Love, a partner in WBD's Intellectual Property team, assisted Life Cycle through the Intellectual Property registration process to help the charity register its brand assets with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
Sally Cooper, Associate in WBD's charities team provided further assistance for a change of name, supporting Life Cycle's move to drop 'UK' from its title.
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