Avoiding the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Counterfeit Trap

24/11/17

Millions of shoppers are set to flood high street and online retailers this week with the arrival of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The four-day period between November 24 and 27 is traditionally one of the busiest pre-Christmas shopping days in the calendar, with £5.8 billion spent in 2016. Around £2.8 billion of this was spent through online retailers – up 20 per cent from £2.3 billion in 2015, according to VoucherCodes.co.uk and the Centre for Retail Research (CRR). However, as shoppers head online to snap up the latest bargains, they could be leaving themselves vulnerable to purchasing counterfeit items.

IP Crime and Enforcement Advice for Businesses

22/11/17

Intellectual property rights infringement happens when a product, creation or invention protected by IP laws are exploited, copied or otherwise used without the permission of the legal owner of those rights. What can you do when you have been accused of infringing someone’s IP rights?

Wynne-Jones IP named headline sponsor of inaugural Mojo Nation 100; A celebration of the leading global figures working in toy and game design

08/11/17

Wynne-Jones IP, one of the UK’s fastest growing IP firms specialising in trade marks, patents, design, renewals and IP strategy across multiple industry sectors has signed as the headline sponsor of the Mojo Nation 100.

EPO November Changes 2016 - UPDATE

01/11/17

One year on since the changes to the EPO's practice for assignment recordal, we provide an update on the changes.