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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>BOMBUS Challenges Nostalgic Heart In IP Lookalike Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/bombus-challenges-nostalgic-heart-in-ip-lookalike-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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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>ACID Welcomes new SME Measures to Promote Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government today announced new measures which aim to help SME’s better protect their intellectual property and grow their businesses. Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Wilcox said: “The intellectual property of SME businesses is vital to their future economic growth and success. Their innovative ideas and creations can be worth billions of pounds so it [...]]]></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>ACID Brief Delegation from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People&#8217;s Republic of China on IP</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At an event held at the University of West London on the 17.11.11 at the request of the People’s Republic of China, Dids Macdonald, Vice-Chair of The Alliance against IP Theft and CEO of ACID (Anti Copying in Design) and Jennifer Castoldi, ACID’s Development Director gave a comprehensive presentation on UK design issues to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACID Welcomes Government Design Law Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SME Access to Small Claims IP Court set for 2012 After over a decade of representations to Government to improve access to a cost and time effective framework to address IP infringement issues for small businesses, ACID is delighted that the Government has confirmed today that a new small claims service will be introduced at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IP in Design – A POSITIVE VOICE!</title>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/10/2011/ip-in-design-%e2%80%93-a-positive-voice/</link>
		<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>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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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>Post Card from Munich! WIPO 9th Annual Forum on IP and SME’s</title>
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		<comments>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/10/2011/post-card-from-munich-wipo-9th-annual-forum-on-ip-and-sme%e2%80%99s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following an invitation from the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) sponsored by the European Patent office (EPO) to a two-day SME and IP event held in Munich last week, Dids Macdonald CEO of ACID took the opportunity to raise awareness of the extensive use of unregistered and informal IP rights by the creative industries in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – New Guidelines Launched to Avoid Workplace Infringement</title>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/10/2011/intellectual-property-%e2%80%93-new-guidelines-launched-to-avoid-workplace-infringement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/10/2011/intellectual-property-%e2%80%93-new-guidelines-launched-to-avoid-workplace-infringement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ACID Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACID (Anti Copying in Design) welcomes the latest Government initiative with their announcement to raise business awareness to avoid falling foul of current IP laws. There are now clear guidelines to provide companies with up to date employee information to ensure that they are not breaking the law. Baroness Wilcox, Minister of Intellectual Property, who [...]]]></description>
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