RT @Ipkat: A design case for the holidays reported by Darren http://t.co/neGCLstL0X Ice cream vans - very festive!

A #trademark application has been filed in the USA for "I can't breathe" as a trademark for clothing: http://t.co/dlUEtpoygd #ICantBreathe

More on @Trunki -They have been granted permission to appeal the controversial 3/14 decision re: design infringement. http://t.co/clg2xoweON

The two most popular classes for #trademark applications in 2013, according to @WIPO, were Class 25 - clothing, and Class 35 - advertising

A useful infographic on the current state of 3-D printing: http://t.co/H9kpy2C85B

US beauty salon agrees to change its name after French luxury brand Chanel claimed it was infringing its trademark. http://t.co/SvQLVv7pkq

RT @gwilip: Whitby v Yorkshire ice cream van design decision out. Looks like defendants got whippeed.

A little design infringement case for the holidays. Ice cream vans. Very seasonal. http://t.co/l05fKTS3KZ

RT @WIPO: Top 3 #trademark filers (class counts) in 2013: Germany, China, and the United States – http://t.co/8QtBst… target="_blank">http://t.co/8QtBst… http://t.co/8QtBst… target="_blank">http://t.co/8QtBst…

RT @ManagingIP: This June, the Delhi HC held that taglines and slogans are protected by trade mark #IP2014 ($)http://t.co/Qsdc00s8YR http:/…

Yesterday, Apple Inc. applied to register APPLE PAY as a trademark in the EU: https://t.co/WJNHL6rZvz

@xor but they practically never do :(

RT @KeltieLLP: Here's the candidate London site for the UPC http://t.co/7uboznihtu (HT @nipclaw )

EasyGroup has won back http://t.co/Xjq3yuAXXX target="_blank">http://t.co/Xjq3yuAXXX domain after failing to renew it, based on trademark rights http://t.co/Xjq3yuAXXX target="_blank">http://t.co/Xjq3yuAXXX #easyjet

RT @d0ug7a5: On the day the EU rules that obesity can now be classed as a disability, the UK retail sector does their bit. https://t.co/yeL…

If you abandon defence of patent as granted in EPO oppositions, your appeal may fail http://t.co/aFQiPfHG3J

Fantastic report from @Design_Week on 2014's biggest rebrands: http://t.co/MNBDDbj4wP #Reebok #Bacardi #Paypal #Airbnb

RT @ManagingIP: How goes the trade mark filing race? http://t.co/0suDDGphK4 Our blog post from @PeterCPL on WIPO figures out today http://t…

RT @Design_Week: The year in logos – take a look at our coverage of 2014's biggest rebrand stories: http://t.co/TmcJ… target="_blank">http://t.co/TmcJ… http://t.co/TmcJ… target="_blank">http://t.co/TmcJ…

Brand owners share tips with @WTRmagazine on their anti-counterfeiting measures for the holiday season: http://t.co/KwgoR68nim #trademarks

"IP filing increases are robust in China and the US, while declining in Europe and Japan" @WIPO http://t.co/0XGZulUMMf

@JIPLP But what to?

RT @DrNSearle: Bumptious - a hilarious sounding word used in a paper I'm reading to describe some litigants ("offensively self-assertive")

@professor_dave @bengoldacre @xtophercook I am with David - don't see "lots of variation" at all.

@Womble67 @jadedjenny71 Love the "adapted to a juvenile auditory"

@SellaTheChemist Er, excuse me but isn't your clamp boss upside down? #realtimechem #pedantry

RT @OUPAcademic: @EIP_Elements "Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?" Harold Pinter #OxfordFortuneCookie

I would like to play #OxfordFortuneCookie again with @OUPAcademic - number 231

.@filemot There are a lot of us chemists, not just freeze-dried ones, and in many chemical fields p-by-p claims are alive and well

I can't get enough of product-by-process claims. Here is more: http://t.co/uaGEitxGaG - What is the law, why is it, and what should it be?

@dustshoveller yes I am ;-)

@dustshoveller now you are just being ridiculous. How could they possibly? How could anyone who has met -or read- you? #affirmation

Interesting debate developing on product by process claims http://t.co/HK664T0pli May need follow-up post at this rate!

@dustshoveller No its just that they are deserting from you to me - you have loads more followers than me so they pity me. #redistribution

The 20 most expensive brands that changed hands in 2013: http://t.co/CX9BE9qmt6

Big news for @WIPO and international trademarks! OAPI has just joined the Madrid Protocol system adding 17 more countries in Africa.

RT @ManagingIP: Good news for trademark owners: #OAPI joins @wipo #MadridProtocol http://t.co/IFPm… target="_blank">http://t.co/IFPm… Adds 17 countries http://t.co/IFPm… target="_blank">http://t.co/IFPm…

RT @ACID_tweets: #IPsnapshot – do you know about the rules of “quoting” for criticism or review without infringing copyright? http://t.co/E…

A @WIPO report on Japan's experience of Madrid system - useful points on advantages/disadvantages & lessons learned. http://t.co/zRRyZ8Zhot

Just blogged Patents Court decision on product-by-process claims. What should we call the anti-Angora Cat situation? http://t.co/HK664T0pli