Guernsey has announced new trade mark fees as from 1st January 2011. The main change is a rise in the cost of a supported trade mark application from £180 to £200 and a rise from £10 to £20 for additional classes in relation to all applications and renewals. We will post a full list of [...]

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The revision of the EU TM fees will take effect on May 1st this year.

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As of 1st October this year, the UK changed the rules relating to the amount of time a trade mark application will remain in the opposition period – this has been cut from 3 months to 2 months, which will mean that uncontested applications will go through that bit quicker. The time to respond has [...]

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On the Dragons’ den last night there was a great moment when one of the hopefuls was pitching for his venture ifoods.tv (or was it ifood.tv!). It turned out that despite the money they had invested in the business as well as the obvious time and effort, the pair knew of a rival business which [...]

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Whilst trade marks are the main focus for most brand owners, inevitably all owners of IP rights will own some items of copyright. This can range from imagery, music, ad copy to more obscure elements such as typefaces or source code. It is important for brand owners to recognise the importance of copyright especially when [...]

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