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Before the outbreak of Covid-19, fashion and luxury sales had enjoyed a decade of growth. The value of the global personal luxury goods market over the last decade rose by 91%. It soared from some $147 billion in 2009 to more than $281 billion in 2019. But both sectors are now br…

Although the economic damage wrought by the Coronavirus pandemic is as yet unknown, and reports are rapidly changing by the day, at the time of writing, the following numbers were given for the G7 nations:

May the 4th be with you? No it may not, apparently... unless you’ve got an in with a particular anthropomorphic cartoon mouse and his associates.

World Intellectual Property Day was founded by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 as a means of increasing general understanding of intellectual property. The day is celebrated globally on April 26th each year. This April date also ma…

If someone had suggested in February that by the end of April, nearly half the world’s population would be living under some form of requested or mandatory confinement thanks to a global pandemic, they would have been gently led off for a ‘lie down’. Now lockdown is the new norma…

“You could say that geographical indications are the Sleeping Beauty of the intellectual property world,” stated WIPO lawyer Marcus Höpperger at the start of the Beijing Symposium-2007.

In August 2019, Emma Matthews wrote a beautiful yet painful story of her battle to obtain cannabidiol in the UK for her 12-year-old son, Louis, who suffers from seizures. Ms. Matthews and her son have relocated to the Netherlands because, without medical cannabis, Louis has zero …

As our stores, restaurants and public recreational areas continue to close during the current global crisis that we are experiencing today, it may not be as easy to look after your physical and mental health. Nutrient-rich products aren't always readily available in our stores, s…

Every decade has its fads and crazes and so product trends are continually shifting. What’s hot now may not necessarily be in vogue in a year or even a month’s time. Lava lamps, toy company Mattel’s “Hot Wheels”, Hasbro’s electronic game “Simon”, Mars Inc’s “HubbaBubba”, Hacky Sa…

At a very basic level a logo is a symbol made from an image and text that enables us to identify brands that we are fond of. It is a visual trademark. A logo helps your brand to stand out from the competition, identify key information about your business and also build brand reco…