tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:33:37 +0000guidelinesNorth West EnglandSusan HallventureFAQOpera Houselife sciencesChinaNapthnsde BasilCharles LucasLES Arab CountriesballetBISdevelopmentCanter3D printingSweet Mandarinflotation. conferenceJacksonterms and conditionsi-cloudILMOdyssey of the Mindconsumer proteciton from unfair tradingHarris26 Jan 2010Saudi ArabiapracticeGCCagreementsBusiness Growth HubSpaceport4th roundFreerangeCiprianiaclinicsLiverpoolMyerscough CollegeCivil Justice CentreWestwood v KnightNorthern BalletCharbrewNIHRown name defenceconnection speedsRedbrewx PharmatrainingBusiness DeskBritish Bankers AssociationPatents County Courtpatent agentsBelinda IsaacsRegenerateMassineTseBionowAccess to FinanceLiverpool Chinese Business NetworkacademyLeanmancUnited Arab EmiratesRichardsonazureprocedurecapitalCheshirePart 27 Practice DirectionHarris Museum23 Oct 2008District RegistryLisaWarringtonStanley HollowayCraig HollingdrakeindustryDevispatentssean4comptrollerroadshowSpark VenturesnegotiationFabLabQuality SolicitorsinnovationPatLibmarketingRookestaff collegeIP North WestNHSInventors GroupSteve ReeceCivil libertiesYear of the DragonNew Economyupcoming eventsIP clincsEnforcing Intellectual Propert RightsCelineMicrosoftintroductionLancashireNIPC ArbitrationFlandersSchutz v DeltaPotts KerrRDAmentiorsRolls BuildingPeter BujakowskiIan GeeJWK SolicitorsJudge Birss QCNESTAcreativityangelsprocurecosSheffieldRedox SwitchCPR Part 63Lee Hughesunfair terms in consumer contractssmall claims mediation serviceQatarbench warrantsadjournmentGulfinventorsdistrict judgesspelling of trade markShanghaiDubaiMasriadditive manufacturingchanceryGoing for GrantsDavid FlintMichael SandysBootsLESTrade marksDaresburyLegal Week WikiProtecting your Ideas and InventionsOECDsizeaccess to counsellitigationManufacturing Institutelean startupGoogleLegal Services Act 2007Vince WalkercostsBrian Corbetti4iPatents County Court GuideHaydn InsleyIPOGrommitThe North West Fundpublic accessuniversitycracking ideasmediationSchedule 2Level 3 entrepreneurshipNorth West Business MastersJenkins. 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Bringing it to market (whether by licensing it, contracting out its manufacture or making it oneself) requires skills, knowledge and connections that most members of the public, including inventors, do not have. The Wessex Round Table of http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to-become-successful-inventor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-7472166903651035220Fri, 03 May 2013 16:42:00 +00002013-05-03T17:42:55.606+01:00Liverpool Inventors Clubpatent boxLiverpoolVince WalkerThe patent box is a tax concession to encourage businesses to invest in research and development in the UK. With 4,733 filings in 2012 (down from 4,757 the previous year) the UK trails the USA (35,222), Germany (27,295), Japan (22,700), France (9,879), Switzerland (6,617), South Korea (5,711) and the Netherlands (5.067) in the number of European patent applications British industry needs every http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-patent-box-workshop-liverpool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-3852947898712044700Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:30:00 +00002013-04-19T08:30:56.324+01:00locationprogressindustryThe North West Fundeligibilitysize The North West Fund describes itself as "a £155 million evergreen investment fund established to provide debt and equity funding to small and medium sized enterprises in the North West of England." It is said to "address an identified gap in the lending, venture capital and private equity markets." I mentioned its launch in "The North West Fund" on 21 Dec 2010 and also a presentation by http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/04/north-west-fund-progress-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-3029455318166071356Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:59:00 +00002013-05-03T18:25:59.631+01:00Liverpool Inventors ClubJane LambertWorld Intellectual Property Day 2013patent boxVince Walker The main contribution from our chambers to World Intellectual Property Day 2013 will be Liverpool Inventors Club's workshop on The Patent Box at the offices of Jackson & Canter LLP at 88 Church Street, Liverpool, L1 3AY on Monday 29 April 2013 at 16:00. I shall give a short overview of IP and patenting to lay the ground for the main speaker, Mr. Vince Walker, tax partnerhttp://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-patent-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-6316969689222438679Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:51:00 +00002013-04-06T17:51:07.168+01:004th roundBISapplicationsRegional Growth Fund According to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ("North West leads applications for Regional Growth Fund" 5 Apr 2013) there have been 309 applications for the fourth tranche of the Regional Growth Fund ("RGF"),. North West England is the region with the largest number of bids with Yorkshire and Humber as number two.  According to the Departmental press release, there have beenhttp://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/04/not-backward-at-coming-forward-nw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-64258609305141231Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:25:00 +00002013-03-06T17:32:59.110ZPart 27 Practice Directionsmall claims mediation servicesmall claims trackCPR Part 27case managementIn my Inventors' Club blog I wrote on the 19 Sept 2012 "Soon there will be a Remedy if Someone steals your Idea" and I followed it up with a presentation on the new court to the Sheffield Inventors Group on 1 Oct 2012 which you can download from my IP Yorkshire blog (see "How Small Businesses in Yorkshire can protect their Intellectual Property" 14 Oct 2012). I repeated that presentation to the http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-patent-county-court-small-claims.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-5102675188450369834Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:18:00 +00002013-02-07T11:43:22.460ZTwentieth Century Foxsmall claims trackKate ShawcrossCraig HollingdrakePeter BujakowskiLee HughesJWK SolicitorsHarrisPatents County CourtIan Gee The solicitor who sat behind me yesterday in Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp and Others v Harris and Others [2013] EWHC 159 (Ch) (5 Feb 2013) was Mr. Craig Hollingdrake of  JWK Solicitors in Lancaster (see "Twentieth Century Fox v Harris - very interesting but what exactly was that case about?" IP/IT Update 6 Feb 2013). JWK Solicitors are a merger of Jobling & Knape and http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/02/jwk-solicitors-new-force-in-ip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-6842806658378291847Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:42:00 +00002013-01-20T12:42:35.809ZPrestonNapthnsDredgeFlandersRichardsonHarris MuseumGuildRookeDevis Last September I blogged about Preston Guild, an extraordinary city wide celebration which takes place once every 20 years.  One of the events that I attended was the Ladies of the Guild reception where I met a number of interesting women who play a prominent rote in business, local government and the professions in Preston.  One of those ladies was Gemma Rooke, Business Development and Fund http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/01/preston-harris-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-6094087229203131176Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:46:00 +00002013-01-03T06:46:59.380ZManchesterroadshowNew EconomyPlan INESTA The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts ("NESTA") was in Salford Quays on 8 Nov 2012 on the second leg of its road show  to share its plans for the future, showcase its work in each local area and build new networks across the UK. It will be in Cardiff on 10 Jan, Birmingham on 19 March and Belfast in May. Some of those sessions were recorded and  http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2013/01/nesta-in-manchester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-9149752174703498046Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:07:00 +00002012-12-31T08:08:16.907ZAccess to FinanceIP NetBusiness Growth Hub The Business Growth Hub describes itself as "a community for ambitious growing businesses to thrive, with the support and expertise of first class industry leaders" which "connects companies that want to grow their bottom line, share their experiences, develop their profile, find partners and create new business growth." Based in Manchester it is directed primarily to businesses in Greaterhttp://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/12/business-growth-hub.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-2264562956977786211Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:24:00 +00002012-11-06T09:24:31.364ZBionowflotation. conferenceangelsVClife sciencesBioCap 2012 If you get your skates on you can just about make the start of the BioCap 2012 conference at Bridgewater Hall today. According to the conference website it brings VCs and angels together with life science businesses seeking investment. The conference is organized by Bionow, a membership organization for the life-sciences industry in the North of England, which offers a range of specialist http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/11/biocap-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-7149261541362327028Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:35:00 +00002012-10-25T00:45:46.162+01:00FallonTseLeahyJim O'NeillGilli GoodmanLelenSweet MandarinManchesterFestival of BusinessDragons' DenLisaGoogleLane-Fox Jim O'Neill Source Wikipdia If you look at the Daily Telegraph's map of Britain's 1,000 brightest companies you will find the biggest concentration outside London in the North West.  There are 60 in Greater Manchester compared with 34 in Bristol, 28 in West Yorkshire, 24 in Birmingham, 21 in Newcastle and 13 in Glasgow. Only the capital has more. This concentration of successful businesses http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/10/festival-of-business-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-2198808444416106794Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:52:00 +00002012-10-15T01:00:10.134+01:00district judgesRolls BuildingCivil Justice Centresmall claims trackcostsprocedurePatents County Court The Civil Justice Centre in Manchester Photo Wikipedia Although the Chancery Division is very good at resolving big ticket disputes between multinationals it is not so good at resolving breach of confidence, copyright, design right, passing off and trade mark disputes between small businesses.  The costs of such litigation, even in the Manchester. Liverpool and Preston District Registries,http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/10/civil-justice-centre-or-rolls-building.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-8174188382957725666Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:20:00 +00002012-10-05T08:22:11.022+01:00Business Finance SolutionsManchesterFabLabPRIMElean startupLeanmancInventors GroupEric RiesManchester Inventors meets in City Library at 151 Deansgate on the first Tuesday of  every month. It is quite a lively club.   It attracts some good speakers as can  be seen from the calendar and several members have brought their inventions to market, Tuesday was the club's AGM and I went along to see how everyone was getting on.   There were a lot of new faces.   Several members of the http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/10/organizations-that-inventors-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-6047115899442408034Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:53:00 +00002012-09-11T20:38:16.227+01:00creativityPrestonJenkins. Manchester CameratainnovationCarrerasGuild "Once in Preston Guild" is a Lancashire expression which means a very long wait. The first time I heard it was in a bus queue in Manchester. Because the Guild happens so infrequently many in the North West think it is a mythical event. There are a lot of myths in our region like the proverbial "Soft Mick": someone with an abundance of goodies. That has given rise to sentences http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/09/once-in-preston-guild.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-6758207258371783310Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:09:00 +00002012-08-27T09:12:10.403+01:00GowerCPR Part 45Enforcing Intellectual Propert RightsPatents County Court GuideDistrict RegistryCPR Part 63Patents County Court Bad news travels fast so they say, and what could be worse for my very occasional instructing solicitor Samuel Pepys than that Gower Ashgate had commissioned me to write a second edition of "Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights". "How do,Young Samuel" quoth I while waiting to be served at Mr. Thomas's. "Did you have a nice holiday?" "How did you know I'd been away?" replied Sam with an http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/08/educating-samuel-no-3-patents-county.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-6278726576027276660Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:25:00 +00002012-07-05T16:35:28.217+01:00Susan HallMalmaisonManchesterLES Arab CountriesLiz WardNIPC GulfBelinda IsaacsPatents County CourtLESJudge Birss QCFunny how unrelated things connect in the mind.  An email earlier in the day from my good friend and former pupil Alex Khan who has recently been in Dubai prompted me to take a shufti at my article on the LES Arab Countries in NIPC Gulf. I clicked the link to LES Britain and Ireland and found that that "HHJ Birss, will be visiting Manchester to share with us his experiences of presiding over thehttp://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/07/red-buses-and-tree-surgeons-birss-holds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-3427720742568053336Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:25:00 +00002012-06-23T16:25:07.046+01:00ValentinaFabLabGrommitcracking ideasIPOWallaceSpaceportOdyssey of the MindMichael SandysKara Bearfield Last Tuesday I attended the "Cracking Ideas" awards ceremony and was photographed with Wallace and Grommit (see Cracking Ideas: My Encounter with Wallace & Crommit  NIPC Inventors Club 20 June 2012), The event took place at the Spaceport which describes itself as "a £10 million attraction covering the subjects of space and space travel." It is actually in the Mersey Ferry http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/06/awards-for-young-inventors-in-north.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-8323177584465217091Thu, 31 May 2012 14:18:00 +00002012-05-31T15:28:29.719+01:00Enforcing Intellectual Propert RightsBrian CorbettPennineQualitysolicitors Jackson and CanterLancashireRegenerate Last week I spoke about Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at QualitySolicitors Jackson & Canter's symposium on "Making Money from Intellectual Property", One of my fellow speakers was Brian Corbett, Innovation and Technology Advisor at Regenerate Pennine Lancashire. Regenerate Pennine Lancashire is an economic development company  owned by Lancashire County Council and the http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/05/last-week-i-spoke-about-enforcement-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-5740911886223794697Fri, 11 May 2012 07:38:00 +00002012-05-11T08:38:56.556+01:00DaresburyinsightThe North West Fundbarristersnegotiation I last mentioned the North West Fund on 21 Dec 2010 at the worst moment of the current economic cycle when I described it as "a rare piece of good news" that had wafted into my inbox (see "North West Fund" 21 Dec 2010).   The fund is now 15 months into the 5 year investment programme and the Chief Executive Officer and the managers of the 6 funds that I mentioned in that article will http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/05/north-west-fund-inspiring-entrepreneurs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-8316499974832979692Sun, 06 May 2012 10:17:00 +00002012-05-06T11:20:14.656+01:00Practice Direction RSC O52 and CCR 29 - Committal ApplicationsMasricontempt of courtO29 CCRbench warrantsSchedule 2Westwood v KnightI wrote about Westwood v Knight [2011] EWPCC 8 in this blog last year because the defendant, Tony Knight, came from Manchester (see "Trade Mark, Copyright and Passing Off: Westwood v Knight" 1 April 2011). In that case His Honour Judge Birss QC found that Mr. Knight had infringed Dame Vivienne Westwood's copyrights and trade marks and had passed off his goods as and for hers.  According to http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/05/contempt-of-court-westwood-v-knight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-5312886112831848488Tue, 01 May 2012 17:33:00 +00002012-05-11T09:37:13.130+01:00WarringtonIP North WestDaresburyLEPsCheshire Cheshire and Warrington LEP covers the areas served by the Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester and Warrington  unitary authorities.  This includes Chester, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Macclesfield, Nantwich and Warrington. It has a population of 890,000 and had a GVA of £18.5 billion in 2008. Its board was recognized on 24 March 2011.   It is chaired by Christine http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/05/cheshire-and-warrington-lep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-232823809128407108Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:48:00 +00002012-03-28T08:51:24.618+01:00North West Business MastersRedox SwitchGoody Good StuffRedbrewx PharmaCharbrewNewcomerBusiness DeskThe North West Business Masters is an annual competition for the following awards: North West Ambassador: Greatest contribution to business in the region North West Newcomer: Best new business initiative.  North West Pride: Most meaningful philanthropic initiative by a business, organisation or leader  North West Innovator: Most creative product, idea or original business thinking  North West http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/03/north-west-newcomer-sweets-tea-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-554433606780584727Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:31:00 +00002012-03-10T08:57:42.809ZFreerange3D printingintroductionIPFabLabCarlisleDavid FlintJane Lambertadditive manufacturingTom HutchinsonOn 12 Dec 2011 I mentioned Freerange Artists of Carlisle ("Freerange: Creative Industries in Carlisle"). Yesterday, patent attorney Tom Hutchinson, Glasgow solicitor David Flint and  I paid them a visit and we were very impressed. The reason for our visit was that we had been invited to present a seminar on IP.   This was very much like the one Tom, Michael Sandys and I gave to Manchester FabLabhttp://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/03/introducing-ip-to-freerange-artists-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699222972172348727.post-7142554885572069977Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:18:00 +00002012-03-01T13:32:04.814ZStarchaserHaydn InsleyPatLibLiverpool Inventors ClubFabLabHanover Street Social The Liverpool Inventors Club has been looking for somewhere to meet ever since 23 July 2010 when the Central Library closed for refurbishment. On Monday 27 Feb 2012 it met at the offices of QualitySolicitors Jackson & Canter.   We had an excellent speaker in Haydn Insley.  He spoke about the Manchester  FabLab of which he is the manager. We have discussed FabLab a lot in this and our sister http://ipnorthwest.blogspot.com/2012/02/liverpool-inventors-club-relaunched.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jane Lambert)0