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		<title>Besp-Oak Settle IP Row with Argos &amp; Magical</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal battle over best-selling Vancouver range ACID Member Mosley Trading, the company behind furniture design and distribution brand Besp-Oak, has agreed settlements with retailer Argos and furniture wholesaler Magical Investments following, a trade mark dispute over its best-selling range. The agreements follow a long running legal battle over Besp-Oak’s Vancouver collection and solidifies the rights that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temple Island Win Second Court Judgment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEMPLE ISLAND WIN SECOND COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST NEW ENGLISH TEAS TO PROTECT THEIR FAMOUS RED BUS DESIGN ACID (Anti Copying in Design) member, Temple Island Collection Ltd, have won a second victory against New English Teas in an intellectual property action in the Patents County Court to protect their famous Red Bus image. After lengthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IP and Design – Reform is on the way!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A significant day for design in the UK! So, it is important that Government gets it right! Today Government is announcing its first assessment of the need for reform of the design intellectual property framework. In May 2011, in his report to the Prime Minister, Professor Hargreaves concluded that design had a &#8220;very important contribution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of some design IP registration services!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that there are approximately 232,000 designers in the UK, according to the Design Council, and last year the UK Intellectual Property Office granted just 4000 registered designs?  It is, therefore, not rocket science to come to the conclusion that the majority of the UK’s designers rely on unregistered design rights and informal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOMBUS Challenges Nostalgic Heart In IP Lookalike Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a cease &#38; desist letter from ACID Accredited law firm, McDaniel &#38; Co, Kelly Hudson confirmed that, “Bombus asserted the Copyright and Design Right protection available in their products and made clear they were willing to take action over the alleged infringements. Following pre-action correspondence with Nostalgic Heart, a successful settlement was reached ensuring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burgon &amp; Ball Allot to Win!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proteam (UK), Solus Garden &#38; Leisure, Apollo and Greentree Garden products ALL successfully challenged by Burgon &#38; Ball in a massive IP clampdown! Gardenware industry leaders and ACID (Anti Copying in Design) members Burgon &#38; Ball are no strangers to copying and the latest to receive the weight of Burgon &#38; Ball&#8217;s IP message were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell ACID your story &#8211; be heard &#8211; have a voice about design IP!</title>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/10/2011/tell-acid-your-story-be-heard-have-a-voice-about-design-ip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/10/2011/tell-acid-your-story-be-heard-have-a-voice-about-design-ip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear ACID members We need your help to affect positive change in new UK design policy! As a result of the compelling submission from ACID (and other groups) to the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property, the creation and shaping of new design policy has been brought to the forefront as one of its top 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IP in Design – A POSITIVE VOICE!</title>
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		<comments>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/10/2011/ip-in-design-%e2%80%93-a-positive-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliamentary ActivityDesign has moved up on Government’s radar following the Hargreaves Review on Intellectual Property to which ACID submitted a compelling case for policy reform. There has been a recent flurry of questions tabled and answered by Ed Davey, The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills during Question Time at the House of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Workshops Available from the European Patent Office!</title>
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		<comments>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/09/2011/new-workshops-available-from-the-european-patent-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Patent Office (EPO) is offering three 2-day workshops this November with a selection of topics from over 60 teaching hours of recently updated material. This popular project is providing business advisors and TTOs with practical IP strategy training they can use when supporting their own client SMEs, entrepreneurs and start-ups. The modules cover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design Calls For Evidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IP MINISTER ISSUES INVITATION FOR DESIGNERS TO BE INVOLVED WITH FUTURE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DESIGN POLICY ACID (Anti Copying In Design) welcomes an open invitation to the UK design sector from Baroness Wilcox, Minister for Intellectual Property, to shape future IP Design Policy, at an event held at the Design Council to encourage initial debate on [...]]]></description>
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