Publications

Embark on a strategic journey into new markets with our Guide to 'Using contracts to protect your intellectual property'. The guide equips businesses with essential insights for protecting their IP with contracts and maximising their success in South-East Asia.

Oval Shoes is a European SME based in Sweden and specialised in the design and manufacture of high-quality shoes. Largely, their success has been due to the good quality of their shoes, achieved with the use of a special technique for the treatment of the leather with which they are manufactured.

Stress-induced urinary incontinence affects almost 400 million people worldwide. A novel device to treat this condition through electro-stimulation of muscles was developed by researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) and Bio Medical Research (BMR) in Ireland.

Undoubtedly, licensing is one of the most common pathways to turn intellectual property (IP) into profit and transferring knowledge between different parties – be it from a research organisation to a company or from one business entity to another.

What is protectable as a design? Where and how do I file a Registered Community Design?

Why should I file a European Patent? What can be protected by a patent? How do I perform novelty searches?

What is protectable as an EU trademark? Who can file an EU trademark application?

How to apply for a trademark under the Madrid System? What are the fees for filing an international trademark application with the WIPO?

Where can I obtain international design protection? Who can file the application? What happens after filing the application?