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		<title>HOW VALUABLE IS A SMILE?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Henry Smiling Vacuum Cleaner (shown left) is a familiar sight to many consumers. He may even make the chore of vacuuming seem like a happier task. However there were no smiles on the faces of Numatic International Limited (“Numatic”) who make the Henry when they came across Qualtex UK (“Qualtex”) marketing a vacuum cleaner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/how-valuable-is-a-smile/</link>
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		<title>MENTORING WITH ACID</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An announcement of 3 Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden Finalists was made recently at The Club at The Ivy in London by John Galliano, Chairman of the Fashion Fringe Covent Garden platform. In the lead up to the finals in September at London Fashion Week, all Finalists will receive mentoring in various different skills by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/fashion-fringe-at-covent-garden-finalists-in-one-to-one-mentoring-with-acid/</link>
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		<title>IP DOCTOR ON DESIGN PROTECTION &amp; LITIGATION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month, Andrew Lee of McDaniel &#38; Co looks at the effectiveness of design protection and taking legal action. Q. What are the realities of protecting IP within the UK, the euro zone and worldwide? It seems protection and enforcement comes down to cost and some manufacturers feel they are unable to afford effective legal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/ip-doctor-on-design-protection-litigation/</link>
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		<title>BRAND VALUE WHAT IS YOUR COMPANY REALLY WORTH?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Assessing the value of intellectual property, intangible assets and goodwill “Intellectual capital is recognised as the most important asset of many of the world’s largest and most powerful companies to the smallest SME”, says Kelvin King, a founding partner of Valuation Consulting now part of BNP Paribas; “It is the foundation for the market dominance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/brand-value-what-is-your-company-really-worth/</link>
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		<title>BIID &amp; ACID IP &amp; THE INTERIOR DESIGN SECTOR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to fully protect, exploit and commercialise your IP In the first of a series of intellectual property seminars led by ACID Accredited intellectual property lawyer Jo Potbury of DMH Stallard at the newly formed British Institute of Interior Design in Chelsea Harbour, delegates heard about the importance of protecting design drawings, registering new designs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/biid-acid-intellectual-property-the-interior-design-sector/</link>
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		<title>WINNERS ANNOUNCED RESTAURANT &amp; BAR DESIGN AWARDS 2009/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The winners of the Restaurant &#38; Bar Design Awards were announced in central London this week. Only in its second year and with nearly 400 entries from over 38 countries worldwide, the evening was a great success. Judged by a highly-influential panel of top design, hospitality and lifestyle editors both the designers and hospitality operators [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/winners-announced-restaurant-bar-design-awards-200910/</link>
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		<title>ALLIANCE PUTS ITS WEIGHT BEHIND ACID&#8217;S LETTER TO BARROSO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr Jose Manuel Barroso President of the EU Commission Karel De Gucht EU Commissioner to External Trade June 2010 Dear Sirs Established in 1998, the Alliance Against IP Theft is a UK-based coalition of 20 associations and enforcement organisations with an interest in ensuring intellectual property rights receive the protection they need and deserve.  Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/alliance-puts-its-weight-behind-acids-letter-to-barroso/</link>
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		<title>ACID MEMBERS HIT HAT AT ASCOT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ACID Member Hsiao-Chi Tsai recently wowed Ascot Races with her innovative reversible hat.  Specially designed to be worn in more than one way, Tsai ensured that she had sent all details of her design to the ACID Design Data Bank before leaving for Ascot, where it would receive maximum exposure. By ensuring that her design was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/acid-members-hit-hat-at-ascot/</link>
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		<title>ACID MEMBER NOMAD MEETS SIR STIRLING MOSS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ACID Member Nomad Wheelchairs, of Ciliau Aeron, near Lampeter, had the honour of meeting Sir Stirling Moss at an exhibition aimed at the disabled market – the Mobility Roadshow, at Peterborough on 1st July.  As a wheelchair design and manufacture company, Nomad was selected out of some 100 exhibitors to meet Sir Stirling, due to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/06/2010/acid-member-nomad-meets-sir-stirling-moss/</link>
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		<title>BESP-OAK CONFIRMS THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY TO THE INDUSTRY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When they discovered that one of their competitors, Four Seasons, appeared to be trading off the goodwill in their hugely successful Vancouver Premium collection, Mosley Trading Company Limited, instructed ACID Accredited lawyer Niall Head-Rapson of McDaniel &#38; Co to write a letter before claim. This has resulted in an undertaking from Four Seasons that they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acid.eu.com/news/05/2010/besp-oak-confirms-their-intellectual-property-policy-to-the-industry/</link>
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