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		<title>Besp-Oak Settle IP Row with Argos &amp; Magical</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/01/2012/besp-oak-settle-ip-row-with-argos-ma/</link>
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		<title>Temple Island Win Second Court Judgment</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/01/2012/temple-island-win-second-court-judgment/</link>
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		<title>IP and Design – Reform is on the way!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/ip-and-design-%e2%80%93-reform-is-on-the-way/</link>
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		<title>Beware of some design IP registration services!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/beware-of-unofficial-ip-%e2%80%98registration%e2%80%99-services/</link>
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		<title>China &#8211; ACID Applauds Appointment of first ever Attache!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The appointment of the UK’s first ever Intellectual Property (IP) Attaché will be welcomed by those who already work with China and give confidence to those businesses who are planning to working with China in the future. According to the UKIPO, “Tom Duke is the former head the IP Centre at the European Union Chamber [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/china-acid-applauds-appointment-of-first-ever-attache/</link>
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		<title>BOMBUS Challenges Nostalgic Heart In IP Lookalike Issue</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/bombus-challenges-nostalgic-heart-in-ip-lookalike-issue/</link>
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		<title>Talking Tables Tackles CSC Imports in Copyright Infringement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of printed brochures have been destroyed following a legal challenge by ACID (Anti Copying in Design) member Talking Tables when they discovered another wholesaler, CSC Imports, selling markedly similar products through advertising and promotional material which was strikingly similar to their own Christmas feature promotional image. In a cease &#38; desist letter from ACID [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/talking-tables-tackles-csc-imports-in-copyright-infringement/</link>
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		<title>ACID Welcomes new SME Measures to Promote Growth</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/acid-welcomes-new-sme-measures-to-promote-growth/</link>
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		<title>Burgon &amp; Ball Allot to Win!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/12/2011/burgon-ball-allot-to-win/</link>
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		<title>IP Doctor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I understand that if I accuse someone of copying my work that they could sue me.  How can that happen? Depending on what you accuse somebody of, the law allows the person accused to take action against you, for what is known as a “groundless threat”.  This can happen where there are Patents, Trade Marks [...]]]></description>
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