Resources

Today, Erik Alsegård, Intellectual Property Practice Leader at CFC, held an introductory webinar on IP insurance.

Some of our long term readers will be aware we have been following the ongoing case of Nestle v Mondelez with some interest, and not just because w...

In the heart of London’s historic insurance district and nestled in the shade of the iconic Lloyd’s building lies the office of CFC Underwriting – a bright and busy space home to more than 200 staff selling commercial insurance products to thousan...

Regardless of how well-versed you are in matters of intellectual property, you may be surprised to hear that its history may have been very differe...

CFC and broker BMS have joined forces to deliver Trade Mark Protect, a new set of insurance products to help Australian businesses protect their intellectual property assets.

In 2013, following recommendations from consultations, the UK government formed the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. It was introduced as a...

A new report recently published by the data provider Darts-IP details the prevalence of litigation in Europe brought by ‘Non-practicing entities’ (...

High profile copyright infringements in popular music continue as Taylor Swift is in the firing line, once again. She was recently a target for ano...

The European Patent Office have recently published an insightful series of case studies analysing the IP strategies of a number of European-based S...

This week, the World Intellectual Property Organisation launched their inaugural study on the value of “Intangible Capital” in manufactured goods....

Port vs. Whisky and Geographical Indications You may have heard of the rules governing the use of certain geographical names in products. For examp...

We have been offering stand-alone IP cover, including for patents, for several years. However, many CFC customers across our US and UK product lines may not necessarily purchase stand-alone IP cover. That’s not surprising, seeing as intellectual p...

It has been a month of strange trademark news. A local UK convenience store hit the headlines after the owner was threatened with legal action by S...

Last month (22nd May 2017), the US Supreme Court delivered a significant ruling in its verdict on TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Food Brands LLC.

Here is some recent legal news that we didn’t mind sinking our teeth into…

Each year, the European Patent Office releases in-depth statistics about patent applications by country. The results of their research are publishe...

We like to keep you informed about the legal structure and remedies for intellectual property, so we were pleased to discover IP watchdog recently published a very helpful article comparing some interesting differences between IP enforcement in th...

There have been further developments in intellectual property litigation in the USA as San Francisco-based OpenTV, now owned by Swiss digital compa...