Every company or business individual needs capital to scale up, but very few registered entities allow their intellectual property assets to double up as a revenue stream. Today we will discuss how, with a recent rise in the significance of intellectual properties, IP owners can use certain IP financing categories to raise capital and fund …
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A market survey report on counterfeits by Scam Adviser reports that 56% of all global consumers buy counterfeits; however, just 16% admitted to knowingly having bought fakes. The report also suggests that 38 percent bought a fake and then realised it was not the original. It is a fact that counterfeits have become a market …
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Innovation and investment into intellectual properties is quickly becoming mainstream policy need for every country. While start-ups and investor funded companies have existed for long, investments into IP strategies are looking up as a new avenue for management of market risks. Though financial advisors may suggest you a variety of means to help make an …
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No, your trademarked brand name is not enough. Product packaging is one of the most under-estimated areas of intellectual property protection. While, manufacturing focuses on meeting the production and distribution scales, customers still seek to experience the premium on what they pay. Think Toblerone, Nutella, Tiffany , or a Lamborghini . The packaging industry of …
Diversification and expansion are a natural progression for any business entity seeking to minimize its risks and enhance its competitive abilities. For instance, the brand, Disney is one of the biggest businesses based off on licensing. Disney’s consumer products, licenses its commercial rights for movies, characters, and designs, to other companies. Often at Nicomedia IP …
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Inditex , Spain and its renowned fast fashion vertical Zara are suing Los Angeles based fashion brand Thilikó, LLC of copyright infringement, deceptive trade acts and unfair competition, that is misleading consumers . The company alleges that Thilikó, LLC which is just 2 years old and its founder Queenie Williams are passing off Zara’s fashion …
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“As if the loss incurred by global markets due to trade of counterfeit and pirated goods was not enough modern counterfeiters have now found another means to dodge the law enforcement…” Global supply deployment into global south and supply chain disruptions due the pandemic have been a great opportunity for manufacturing networks and counterfeit industry, …
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However, when we think of big tech often, companies such as Facebook or Google pop up, but how exactly did they reach where they did? Today, with the new technology boom due to artificial intelligence, many technology companies are yet again thinking about how to scale up their existing categories and seek new domains to …
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So, you have developed a ground-breaking technology and want to sell it in Europe but do not want any patent or design infringements, what are your options? FTO analysis will help you determine the commercial scope of your new endevours as well as reduce investors’ concerns about the marketability of the product, process, or service …
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India is a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) with 5080 varieties With climate change and evolving industrial dynamics food security and bio-diversity has become a growing concern worldwide. Agriculture and sustainable plant variety are today a hot bed topic for the industry of food rights and …
