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The UK’s Minister for Intellectual Property, Sam Gyimah MP, confirmed on 26 April that the UK has ratified the Unified Patent Court (UPC) agreement.

The courts in the US and EU have differed in their approach to the sensitive issue of potentially offensive or immoral trademarks.

Patents, trademarks, designs and other forms of intellectual property (IP) play a key role in the success of all modern businesses.

IP strategy is best considered at the start of research and development (R&D). The first step is choosing the IP approach to take during product development. Novagraaf’s Mark Suddaby explains the options.