When you have a new business notion, it is normal to set up a company to make use of the idea. Many business ideas will have associated intellectual property (IP), which might include trade marks, patents, designs or copyright. But who should own the IP...
In mid-April, Marks & Spencer (M&S) started legal proceedings against Aldi, arguing that Aldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake infringed its rights in its popular Colin the Caterpillar cake. The subsequent social media storm meant the case was catapulted into the limelight, with #CaterpillarWars and #FreeCuthbert...
Various vaccines have been developed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, it is taking a significant amount of time to manufacture and distribute these vaccines, particularly to developing nations. As a result, there have been calls for pharmaceutical companies to waive the intellectual property...
The case between Meghan Markle and The Daily Mail has been widely reported in recent months, as Meghan Markle took the newspaper to court over its publication of the letter that she wrote to her father. Although the majority of the case concerned the misuse...
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...
After Volkswagen’s opposition against Mr Terence O’Halloran’s trade mark application for “Multibus” was initially upheld by the Hearing Officer, Mr O’Halloran decided to appeal against the decision in a bid to have his trade mark successfully registered. Here, the expert trade mark team at Serjeants...
Now that the UK has formally left the EU as of 1st January, the specialist patent and trade mark attorneys at Serjeants provide an update on how your intellectual property (IP) will be affected. Patents Brexit has no effect on patents. The European Patent Convention is not...
Serjeants LLP is expanding and is looking for an ambitious patent attorney to join our busy team in Leicester. Working alongside our friendly and supportive team of patent and trade mark attorneys to deliver excellent client service to our diverse portfolio of clients, you’ll be contributing...
In the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, after spotting a gap in the market, our clients Regency Design & Print Ltd and Metalfacture Ltd worked collaboratively to design a new hand sanitiser stand. To keep their idea safe, they turned to the Serjeants’ team...
It never comes as a surprise to hear that Aldi have made another copycat version of a well know brand. After all, selling big brand dupes at lower prices is at the core of the Aldi business model. But when the supermarket giant released a...
