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Coca Cola – the world’s largest brand infographic

Our trade mark infographic about the value of brands has shown that Coca-Cola is the most valuable brand in the world. It’s not surprising then that many rumours circulate about how Coke maintains its distinctive flavour that identifies it as …

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Trade Mark Infographic

  Stephens Scown’s specialist IP & IT team has highlighted the importance of businesses registering trade marks in order to protect their brand and create a government endorsed monopoly that can last forever. For more information on registering trade marks …

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Google make waves with cookie compliance

Google has drawn a lot of press attention, particularly in relation to its interaction with EU laws. Featuring in articles relating to monopolisation, data gathering, unfair competition, invasions of privacy, and anti-trust to name a few.  Many of the claimants …

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Making the most of your registered trade mark

Enjoy: Use your registered trade mark for the products/services for which it is registered! Where it is used for the items for which it is registered, you are now legally entitled to attach the registered trade mark symbol (®). This …

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Protecting your brand and your reputation

Every business has a trade mark. It might be their trading name or the names of products or service lines, or it could be a distinctive logo or visual get-up. A trade mark is often a business’ most important asset. …

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Style over substance

Fans of chocolate might like to know that, according to recent reports, there’s been a breakthrough in producing what is traditionally a very fatty product. By replacing the fatty globules that exist in chocolate with agar, scientists have made chocolate …

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The power of your registered trade mark rights – enjoy, exploit, expand and enforce

 

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Open invitation to Stephens Scown Business Class event

Members of the South West business community are invited to the next Stephens Scown Business Class event, taking place on Thursday 25 April at 11.50-2pm in Exeter. This quarterly event is aimed at allowing attendees to network and to be …

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The road to registering your trade mark

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Corporate team further strengthened with appointment of Tom Moore

Leading legal firm Stephens Scown LLP has further strengthened its growing corporate team across the South West with the appointment of a new lawyer: Tom Moore joins the Westcountry legal firm as an IP and IT expert. Graduating from Plymouth …

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