Insights: IP and commercialisation

Our Local Authority round up provides brief summaries of topical information on a weekly basis, to keep you aware of the changes and updates relevant to you.

How can businesses reduce their own environmental impact without putting themselves at a competitive disadvantage, particularly when it is consumption and stock turnover on which many business models are predicated?

Ward Hadaway has teamed up with the University of York Law School to support postgraduate law students offering free legal advice to start-up businesses across the North.

THE Leeds office of leading North law firm Ward Hadaway has been shortlisted for four industry awards.

Protecting your brand is vital to ensure that you preserve and maximise its value. Matt Cormack and Bill Goodwin, Partners in the Commercial team at Ward Hadaway, give their top 5 brand protection tips.

European Union Trade Marks (EUTMs) and Community Design Rights (CDRs) currently provide intellectual property protection across the European Union, including the UK. How will this be affected by the UK's vote to leave the EU?

INNOVATION in a wide range of different fields could hold the key to the future success of the Yorkshire economy, according to a leading law firm.

The Patents County Court has been criticised for the high costs that can be involved in bringing a claim for intellectual property infringement. Recent reforms of this court aim to bring about an end to this problem by creating a new low cost, streamlined process.

A number of reforms which could have profound ramifications for both publishers and owners of copyright material have come into effect following the passing of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA).