NIPC News Roundup 3 Oct 2017

Business and Property Courts










The Business and Property Courts in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester and London went live yesterday. I discussed them in Launch of a Judicial Superhighway on 12 July 2014 in IP North West and The Leeds Business and Property Courts on 12 July 2017 in IP Yorkshire. On 27 Sept 2017, the Judiciary issued a new 14-page advisory note which I mentioned in Better than the M4 - "The Judicial Superhighway"  2 Oct 2017.
Relevance This topic affects IP practitioners and owners as well as litigation lawyers throughout the UK, particularly those in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester.

Commonwealth Games

Birmingham has been chosen as the UK's candidate city to host the Commonwealth Grounds. Like all other major sporting events, the Games will rely on sponsorship, broadcasting and licensing revenues but, unlike the Olympics, there is nothing like the Nairobi Treaty or Olympic association rights to protect the Games' branding. In Intellectual Property and Birmingham's Commonwealth Grounds Bid 2 Oct 2017 NIPC West Midlands I discuss the legal protection for the official emblem, flag and other symbols of the Commonwealth Games in the UK.
Relevance  This topic affects trade mark, licensing and sports lawyers and their clients throughout the UK and beyond.

Introduction to IP

if you are an entrepreneur, angel or private equity investor or just thinking about setting up your own business you need to know about IP. If you can get to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham by 15:00 today you can get a crash course on the subject from Gary Townley of the IPO and Mark Houghton of Patent Outsourcing (see SME 2017 - 3 and 4 Oct  3 Oct 2917 NIPC West Midlands).
Relevance  Inventors, entrepreneurs, friends and family, angel and private equity investors in West Midlands.

Contact    Jane Lambert, call +44 (0)20 7404 5252 during office hours or contact form.

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