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The latest news stories from ACID & the world of IP

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Virtuoso Legal score Court of Appeal success in Argos v. Argos case

  • October 15, 2018
Read how ACID Legal Affiliate Virtuoso Legal’s IP Protect litigation team have secured a further landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal.
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Department of International Trade (DIT) and IP – Future Negotiating

  • October 8, 2018
William Miles of Briffa, one of ACID’s Legal Affiliates, represented members at a recent meeting with Department of International Trade officials to discuss IP issues which will affect future trade negotiations.
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EU Commission publishes its Annual Report on Customs Detention of IP infringing articles

  • October 8, 2018
Read the recently published European Commission annual report on customs detentions of articles suspected of infringing intellectual property rights.
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW TRADE MARK DIRECTIVE

  • October 1, 2018
The Government has published some very useful guidance to cover changes to the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA), and the Trade Marks Rules 2008 (TMR).
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND “NO DEAL!”

  • September 26, 2018
Find out more from a recently published UK Government set of papers covering IP issues relating to a possible ‘no deal’ Brexit.
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Promoting innovation and growth: The Intellectual Property Office at work

  • September 21, 2018
The IPO has launched a new report on Promoting Innovation and Growth: The Intellectual Property Office at Work 2017/18. Read about what it has done in the past 12 months to ensure that the IP system encourages investment in innovation.
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Member Focus – Salon LibertineTM London

  • September 21, 2018
Find out from Salon LibertineTM London how their proactive IP strategy utilises ACID Membership Benefits to support their IP Rights to ensure business growth!
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Furniture Makers’ Company launches digital HR toolkit for SMEs on FIESTA website

  • September 13, 2018
The Furniture Makers’ Company, a City of London livery company and the furnishing industry’s charity, has launched a free, digital Human Resources toolkit aimed at SMEs.
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Sunday Times says, “Why you never truly win against the Pirates!”

  • September 7, 2018
Read how ACID insists the fight must go on to protect the UK’s design entrepreneurs against IP infringement.
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UK IP Crime Report 2017-2018 reveals latest collaboration to tackle IP crime

  • September 7, 2018
Highlighting current and emerging counterfeiting and piracy threats in the UK and overseas. Including Trading Standards successful IP cases.
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Intellectual property theft watchdog ACID to partner with Autumn Fair and Glee 2018

  • August 31, 2018
September marks the start of the Autumn ACID Accredited Exhibition season. The following Exhibitions are all accredited to ACID and will have an ACID team onsite to assist with IP queries for visitors and exhibitors.
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Misinformation, panic, and 3D printed guns

  • August 30, 2018
3D printing is hailed by many as the new 4th industrial revolution, and rightly so, opening new horizons to make bespoke 3D objects easy, fine-tuning prototyping and tailoring manufacturing but does this also present opportunities for mass counterfeiting?
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Cheese or a KitKat for dessert? The CJEU had both on its plate last month.

  • August 29, 2018
Senior Solicitor, Rebecca Ablett of ACID Legal Affiliate Burness Paull, shares how the IP world has been cooking up quite a storm this summer with two particularly interesting cases featuring on last month’s menu for the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”).
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Online infringement – continued evidence gathering required!

  • August 24, 2018
ACID member immediate action required! We need further specific evidence to justify some of the specific measures that will be requested of Online Marketplaces and Social Media (and user upload) platforms.
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Member Focus – Lynn Forder Designs

  • August 24, 2018
Find out from Lynn Forder of Lynn Forder Designs how her proactive IP strategy utilises ACID Membership Benefits to support her IP Rights to ensure business growth!
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“Head Above Water” – The most prominent exhibit during the London Design Festival 2018

  • August 15, 2018
None of us know when the dark clouds of mental illness may descend and the team at ACID are proud to support our friend Steuart Padwick who is drawing attention to this often debilitating and unspoken illness.
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