What does the current EU Withdrawal Agreement mean for owners of EU Trade Marks and Community Designs?
After months of uncertainty, the Cabinet have backed a Draft Agreement for the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
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Ensuring you and your business are protected, informed and aware of all your options and obligations overseas and within the UK.
After months of uncertainty, the Cabinet have backed a Draft Agreement for the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
With export a hot topic for UK businesses as we prepare for Brexit, it’s also a great chance to look beyond Europe at the opportunities presented by trading further afield, for example, with the US.
While Acorn Stairlifts is well-known as a leader in its field in the UK, most people will probably be surprised to hear that one of the company’s stairlifts is installed somewhere in the world every nine minutes!
Under UK patent, design and trade mark law...
Recent years have seen many UK businesses outsource their production operations abroad, particularly to China, India, Asia and Turkey.
Exciting times lie ahead for the textile sector. At one of our previous seminars Allied Textiles, the University of Leeds and the Textile Centre of Excellence shared with the audience the opportunities that are available for growth.
I have noticed that there are many lawyers and clients who are unclear as to the difference between the functions of the European Court of Justice ‘ECJ’ and the European Court of Human Rights ‘ECtHR.’
One of the difficulties with cloud computing, and one of the reasons that various businesses and sectors (including the legal sector) are only just starting to realise the benefits of cloud computing, is that it means different things to different people.
Some savvy clients who are able to, shop around to find out which country is best to divorce in. We call this forum-shopping and it is a perfectly legitimate thing to do. In fact, some academics argue that the applicable European regulations encourage it.…
Working in conjunction with the GrowthAccelerator service, a team of legal and financial advisers from Leeds has supported the set up of a new £1.2m animation business that is expected to create 20 new jobs in Leeds and Crowle, North Lincolnshire.
The Intellectual Property team have helped a new Leeds business to protect itself as it prepares to expand overseas.
Leading French veterinary drug company Sogeval has purchased York-based Alstoe Ltd Animal Health.
Alan Halsall, owner of Skipton-based Silver Cross, was the key speaker at a seminar attended by more than 70 senior business leaders, focussing on innovation and the importance of protecting it with robust Intellectual Property.
The strength of Yorkshire’s innovation in manufacturing was recently celebrated at an event in Leeds which brought together some of the region’s leading manufacturing innovators to debate how innovation creates competitive advantage.
We are delighted to announce that Lewis Toohey has joined as an associate in the growing commercial team.
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