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In whаt regiоn оf the skin wоuld you most likely find stem cells?
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Yоu hаve been cоntаcted by BEAKERZ, а UK supplier оf reusable water bottles and infant beakers. BEAKERZ have a number of inventions and they are seeking your advice. BEAKERZ invented a collapsible reusable water bottle that can be squashed down to a compact size due to folds in the plastic sidewall of the bottle. Bottles with folds in the sidewall for collapsing are known in the art, but a problem with existing collapsible bottles is that the folds in the sidewall are difficult to hygienically clean. BEAKERZ has solved this problem with its invention that uses a sequence of smooth curves in the bottle sidewall so that a dishwashing brush can easily clean the inside of the bottle for reuse. BEAKERZ filed a UK patent application GB-B at the UK intellectual property office ten months ago. The application is as follows: GB-B Patent Application Title: Collapsible Fluid Container Description The invention is a collapsible container for holding fluid such as liquids and foodstuffs. The inventor recognises that conventional collapsible containers include an angular collapsible sidewall arranged to be folded, crushed or collapsed in the manner of a concertina. Such a conventional sidewall includes corners and/or cusps that present challenges for effective and hygienic cleaning as fluid can be retained within the cusps of the sidewall inaccessible to cleaning utensils. In contrast, the invention utilises a collapsible sidewall formed of a repeating sequence of smooth or rounded curves that bend in on each other on collapsing. Such curves mitigate the cleaning challenge of conventional collapsible containers by avoiding corners or cusps. Figure Claim A reusable fluid container having a collapsible sidewall formed by a series of smooth curves for easy cleaning. The UK patent office issued a search report and opinion indicating that the claim of GB-B lacks novelty over a document D1. D1 is a bricolage catalogue disclosing a collapsible pipe known as a PORTAPIPE. In particular, D1 depicts a pipe having a collapsible sidewall in a concertina arrangement. The PORTAPIPE catalogue entry is provided below: D1 – PORTAPIPE A collapsible re-sizeable pipe for many plumbing applications. The pipe is formed from flexible plastic having repeating sharp corners that can be crushed down onto one another to collapse the pipe. Illustration of PORTAPIPE: In their search opinion, the UK patent office argue that the collapsible pipe has smooth curves in its concertina sidewall. BEAKERZ is certain that their invention will be a market-leading product in the next 12 months that will be coveted by its competitors across the whole of Europe. They would like to obtain patent protection across Europe as quickly as possible. (a) Perform a feature-by-feature interpretation and novelty assessment of the patent claim of GB-B in view of D1. (b) Employing any suitable approach to the assessment of inventive step, articulate a written argument for non-obviousness of the patent claim to rebut the examiner's objection. (c) Assuming your argument with respect to inventive step is persuasive, advise BEAKERZ on how they should proceed to achieve speedy protection for their invention across Europe.
Yоu hаve been emаiled by а new client whо has filed an applicatiоn for the mark COPILOT for "watches" last month and has encountered some difficulties. Your client explains that they are a company that "revives" historic brands that have long since become unused: they do so taking on some of the heritage of those old brands as well as some of the imagery. They say they work hard to ensure that any images they use are ones where there is no obvious author for the imagery, the author has been dead long enough that there is no residual copyright or the company involved was dissolved many years ago. Their most recent unearthing is of the mark COPILOT. It is a watch brand which was popular around the First World War and lasted until the Second World War, but the bombing of the UK factory led to the company closing down. A large watch manufacturer bought the IP assets after the second world war and sought to have the watches made overseas with cheaper labour, but this did not succeed and that business was ceased by 1950. A large number of other UK watchmakers then copied the style of the COPILOT watch and called theirs a "copilot" watch, and so until the 1970s there was a common style of watch called the COPILOT watch, but this style fell out of usage in the 1970s, and with it the common use of COPILOT for the name of a style of watch. These third party watches – together with reconditioned and original "genuine" COPILOT-branded watches – can be bought on second-hand and antique websites still. The client's application has received an objection under s.3(1)(b) and (d) of the Trade Marks Act on the basis that the word COPILOT consists exclusively of signs or indications which have become customary in the current language or in the bona fide and established practices of the trade. The examiner has provided internet results showing the auction of antique watches in the "copilot" style. The examiner did not identify any earlier rights which he feels are sufficiently similar that their owners need to be notified of the publication of the mark (if accepted). The client also forwards an email he has received from a company based in the USA called A Hand in the Past LLC, which sells replicas of old time pieces. It alleges that they have sold their COPILOT watch for the last 10 years throughout the world and have come to be known by reference to that mark and that the director of the potential client previously discussed becoming a UK distributor for those watches. They say that they are aware of the application and will take "formal steps" if the potential client does not confirm it will withdraw the application. The client confirms that he met with that company, but says that he did so to get more information about their watches, to see the quality of them and to see how much of a market there was in the UK for them: whilst the American company had sold some watches in the UK, these were a very small number of watches over the last 10 years. He thought it likely that the US company would file a UK application if he didn't file now, and subsequently he has checked and no applications were ever filed by A Hand in the Past LLC in the UK. Please advise the client about the objection to the registration from the examiner, what the "formal steps" are likely to be from A Hand in the Past LLC, what the client should expect in terms of process of any formal steps and any additional information you may need to assess the prospects of success (and any initial view you have).
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