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The latest news stories from ACID & the world of IP

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.
Find out from Salon LibertineTM London how their proactive IP strategy utilises ACID Membership Benefits to support their IP Rights to ensure business growth!
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.
Read how ACID insists the fight must go on to protect the UK’s design entrepreneurs against IP infringement.
Highlighting current and emerging counterfeiting and piracy threats in the UK and overseas. Including Trading Standards successful IP cases.
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.
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?
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”).
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.
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!
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.
As entries open for Gift of the Year 2019 competition, ACID are delighted to announce their members are eligible for a specially discounted entry fee and Dids Macdonald, ACID CEO is honoured to be invited to judge.
Following a recent ACID Legal Affiliates meeting at which Colin Hulme was present, ACID is delighted to announce that Burness Paull have been appointed as ACID’s Scottish legal affiliates.
The Design Council leads on issues that affects our collective futures….
IPO has published latest facts on the future of intellectual property laws following the decision that the UK will leave the EU. This guide offers information on the future of intellectual property (IP) laws following the decision that the UK will leave the European Union (EU).
New government guidance warns of the dangers fake vehicle parts can have to drivers, passengers and road users. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has issued new guidance as part of a cross-government and industry campaign. The campaign warns consumers of the serious dangers of fake car parts.

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