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02 May How Brexit will affect IP rights

Posted at 08:47h in Brexit

While we still await clarity regarding when, and under what terms, the UK will leave the EU, what we do know is how Brexit will affect IP rights. Here, Serjeants provides an overview of how Brexit will impact Intellectual Property rights and what you should...

23 Apr Serjeants’ Leanne Hall joins CITMA council

Posted at 11:58h in Company News

Experienced trade mark attorney at Serjeants, Leanne Hall, has recently upped her game with the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) by joining its council. CITMA is a professional membership organisation that represents trade mark and design professionals. Not only do they provide support within...

03 Apr McDonalds loses its EU trade mark registration for BIG MAC

Posted at 12:46h in Trademarks

Upon reading the title of this blog you may be thinking how on earth is it possible for McDonalds to lose a trade mark for BIG MAC? It’s one of the most well-known fast food menu items in the world. The vast majority will know...

21 Mar Patent infringement: the importance of ‘inventive concept’

Posted at 12:42h in Patents

A recent High Court decision has highlighted the importance of the ‘inventive concept’ of a patent when it comes to patent infringement. Serjeants’ expert patent attorney Tim Cadman explains: The wording of a patent claim is usually enough to determine patent infringement. However, in Regen Lab...

27 Feb Success for Leicester City FC in trade mark case

Posted at 16:21h in Trademarks

Leicester City Football Club triumphed recently when the trade mark experts at Serjeants successfully defended the club’s rights in their registered trade mark ‘LCFC’, preventing an application for a similar mark. An application was made by Leeds City Football Club Limited (Leeds City Ltd) to register...

08 Nov Tim Cadman scoops third place at the Leicester Stand Up Challenge 2018

Posted at 15:44h in Company News

Serjeants’ senior associate and chartered patent and trade mark attorney, Tim Cadman, made his debut comedy performance at this year’s charity Leicester Stand Up Challenge. Not only was it Tim’s first time on stage, he was also awarded a very respectable third place in the Challenge...

08 Nov Serjeants’ Leanne Hall presents at the CITMA Autumn Conference

Posted at 13:00h in Company News, Trademarks

Serjeants’ expert trade mark attorney, Leanne Hall, was a guest speaker at this year’s autumn conference hosted by the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) at the ICC in Birmingham. The annual conference, which took place on 8th November, is a firm calendar fixture for...

30 Oct Serjeants’ Tim Cadman to take part in Leicester Stand Up Challenge 2018

Posted at 15:21h in Company News

Serjeants’ senior associate and chartered patent and trade mark attorney, Tim Cadman, is taking part in this year’s charity Stand Up Challenge in Leicester. Held during the Leicester Business Festival, the Stand Up Challenge will see prominent local business leaders take to the stage and perform...

08 Aug Success for young inventor with 3D printed underwater jetpack

Posted at 15:03h in Patents

A final year product design and technology student from Loughborough University, and now a client of Serjeants, has received international coverage of his latest invention - an underwater jetpack. Archie O’Brien designed and developed a functional prototype of his underwater jetpack in just 12 months as...

24 Jul Serjeants celebrates 40th anniversary

Posted at 10:10h in Company News

Serjeants is celebrating 40 years in business and setting its sights on future growth. Founded in 1978 by the late Andrew Serjeant, our team of professionally qualified patent and trade mark attorneys works with a range of businesses from multi-nationals to SMEs, as well as with...