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FAQs

Trademarks

  • What is a brand?
  • Can you protect your brand by registering a trademark?
  • What cannot be registered as a trademark?
  • What happens if you don’t register a trademark?

Copyright

  • What does copyright protection cover?
  • How long does copyright protection last?
  • Who owns the copyright?
  • What copyright does not protect
  • What are moral rights?

Patents

  • What is a patent?
  • What can be patented?
  • What cannot be patented?
  • Can I tell others about my invention?

Design rights

  • What product designs can be protected?
  • What is registered protection?
  • Automatic or unregistered protection

Recent articles

October 7th, 2020 The art of trademark law: Banksy loses legal battle to a greeting card company

How can you claim that a truly original idea was yours, if you don’t have a face or a name? That’s a question the EUIPO ...

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August 26th, 2020 Copyright and licensing in practice – some things to remember

Copyright protects literature, artistic works, photographs, music, dramatic works, software, databases, films, radio and...

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December 19th, 2019 Ownership of IP could lead to complicated legal disputes

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already influencing a range of industries, but questions over the ownership of intellect...

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