Category Archives: design rights
Why is it So Difficult to Trademark Even an Iconic Shape?
On the face of it, a KitKat and a London black cab might not have much in common. The manufacturers of both products recently discovered that trademarking a shape is a complex and challenging aspect of intellectual property protection. The …
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Tagged black cabs, intellectual property, kit-kat, trademark disputes
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Three Dimensional Objects need Specific Intellectual Property Protection
It’s easy to assume that owning the rights to a drawing or two dimensional image automatically provides intellectual property protection if that image is converted into a 3D object. It doesn’t. For example, an organisation might have copyright or even …
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