Jul 26, 2022 | IP Protection, News
The Hobbit has been trading with the same name for more than two decades Stephen Fry has confirmed he and Sir Ian McKellen will pay a copyright licence fee so a Southampton pub can carry on trading as The Hobbit. The pub was threatened with legal action by Hollywood...
Jul 26, 2022 | IP Protection, News
One of the biggest fashion magazines in the world is threatening to sue a pub in a tiny Cornish hamlet because they share the same name – and it claims this could confuse its readers. Condé Nast, the owner of Vogue magazine, has sent a cease and desist letter to...
Jul 26, 2022 | Funding, News
This was the average amount last year that hundreds of new businesses under two years old raised from private equity investors. They were given the money within 60 days of going online with angel investors and venture capitalists in exchange for shareholdings between...
Feb 28, 2022 | Funding, News
As reported in The Financial Times London Tech Start-ups attract record venture capital funding.
Feb 19, 2022 | IP Protection, News
Patent Infringements America’s tech giants have achieved an astounding level of market dominance. Google accounts for about 90% of web searches globally, Amazon controls 44% of the e-commerce market, and Apple reports more revenue from its iPhone than the rest of the...