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Female fashion founder trailblazing wondrous wearable tech

It is critical for fashion technology brands to protect their wearable innovations. Having created revolutionary textiles technology with applications spanning earth to space, Swedish fashion tech brand Transforming Textiles AB knows the important role IP plays in bringing an innovative fashion product to market.

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Re-establishing an inadvertently lapsed patent application at the EPO

A European patent may inadvertently lapse due to missing a deadline. This will result in a loss of rights. However, at the European Patent Office, one may request re-establishment of rights with respect to a missed time limit which results in a loss-of-rights situation.

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Don’t risk losing your UK cloned design rights post-Brexit

When the transition period for the UK’s exit from the EU ended on 1 January 2021, registered European Community registered designs were no longer valid in the UK. The UK rights were automatically replaced by UK registered designs.