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Managing IP renewals with a dedicated platform: how does it work? The traditional methods of managing renewals are labor-intensive and relatively high-risk. In order to manage your renewals in-house, ...

Trademark Renewals: does outsourcing really save time and money? Where renewals are managed in-house, one or more people are needed to follow up local law firms, set reminders, monitor deadlines and s...

How to register your new brand Successfully navigating the world of trademarks means ensuring that all the fine details and forms are correctly submitted in order to protect your brand. By following a...

Astonishing Error Cases in Registering a Trademark It would prove beneficial to brand owners to educate themselves on the trademark registration process in order to avoid many of its pitfalls evident ...

L’Occitane: the perks of using specialist IP providers Founded in 1976, L’Occitane en Provence is an international brand of body, face, fragrances and home products. The group has more than 2,900 stor...

3 essential considerations before registering a trademark in Europe If you trade in Europe then, as in the rest of the world, registering your trademark is essential to the protection of your brand an...

How Brandstock Helped BACARDI Successfully Register Its EU Trademark As leading professionals in intellectual property solutions, the task of protecting a 157 year old iconic brand, and its unique bot...

How to Organise an Intellectual Property Department. Efficient intellectual property (IP) management gives a business an advantage over its competitors and is key to market dominance. It is therefore ...

The 3 stages of data verification auditing in intellectual property services For corporate IP counsel who are looking to undertake an audit of their company’s intellectual property portfolio, there ar...

Accenture and Brandstock: working collaboratively Questel Accenture and Brandstock: working collaboratively Kristen Poggensee of Accenture discusses here the benefits of working with IP management...

The Curious Case Of ‘Black Friday’ Trademark Everyone at least once in his life has heard about “Black Friday”. Did you know it was a trademark? Such marks, which use has become more and more widespre...

IP Enforcement: a strategic tool for corporations Questel IP Enforcement: a strategic tool for corporations An intellectual property enforcement strategy is essential for many businesses. However,...

What happens when a big corporation funds a piracy site? Questel What happens when a big corporation funds a piracy site? Have you ever thought that a company like Vodafone could fund a piracy sit...

Coming up with a new brand name can be a long and difficult process, but with Brandstock’s Market Ready service you can be assured of cool brand names without headaches...

When you have a new brand, product, or even an existing business, it’s of the utmost importance that you learn how to protect it...

Almost everyone in the world knows you can’t eat this or hang curtains on these but immediately recognizes them and what they offer...

A trademark search is a necessary and essential part of owning and registering a new trademark. Many companies choose to put off this task, hearing it can be cumbersome to complete. Fortunately, it do...

Our toolbox of an alternative efficient methodology In addition to our eBook “Patent portfolio pruning: to kill, or not to kill? That is the question…”, you can find here an alternative efficient meth...

Doing better with less is becoming the new way of life for IP Teams, IP counsel or IP managers in innovative companies. The current situation makes it crucial to consider patent cost management as a w...

Ingo Dauer, Group Legal Director of L’Occitane (a French company of body, face, fragrances and home products) tells us how he managed and outsourced his Intellectual property work from trademark to po...