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  • Companies trading online with no trade mark risk livelihoods

    Companies trading online with no trade mark risk livelihoods

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  • Use trademarks to protect your brands, SMBs urged

    Use trademarks to protect your brands, SMBs urged

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  • Trading online without a trademark? This could cost you dearly

    Trading online without a trademark? This could cost you dearly

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  • Freelance UK

    Freelance UK

    Freelancers' Questions: Who owns copyright in these images?

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  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph

    Battle rages over 'Keep Calm and Carry On' souvenirs.

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  • Herald Scotland

    Herald Scotland

    It’s been a good week for ... being buried alive

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  • Keep calm and carry on

    Keep calm and carry on

    We're helping small traders fight back against an unfair trade mark registration that threatens their business

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  • MusicWeek

    MusicWeek

    MAKE YOUR MIND UP - REGISTER YOUR TRADEMARK!
    By Mark Kingsley-Williams, Trade Mark Direct founder.

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  • Financial Times

    Financial Times

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  • Video on Smarta

    Video on Smarta

    Trade Mark Direct co-founder Mark Kingsley-Williams dispels some of the myths around trade marks in an interview for www.Smarta.com, the site for SMEs and entrepreneurs founded by Theo Paphitis of Dragon's Den. more

  • Contractor UK

    Contractor UK

    10 Trademark Steps Contractors Should Take

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  • Freelance UK

    Freelance UK

    10 Trade Mark Steps Freelancers Should Take

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  • Freelancer UK

    Freelancer UK

    The Freelancers Guide to Intellectual Property: Part II

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  • smarta.com

    smarta.com

    Protect Your Trade Mark From Day One

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  • Contractor UK

    Contractor UK

    Contractors’ Questions: Will Companies House Protect My Company Name?

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  • Freelance UK

    Freelance UK

    The Freelancers Guide to Intellectual Property: Part 1

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  • Mumpreneur Guide

    Mumpreneur Guide

    10 Tips to Protect Your Brand

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  • Financial Times

    Financial Times

    The Slow Burn Can Generate Long Term Comfort

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  • smarta.com

    smarta.com

    Five Ways to Avoid Trademark Hell

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  • Financial Times

    Financial Times

    You Can Have Too Much of a Good Thing

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  • Business Zone

    Business Zone

    What's in a Name?

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  • smarta.com

    smarta.com

    The Dos and Don'ts of Business Trade Marks

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  • Financial Times

    Financial Times

    Wise Men Know the Real Value of Constant Spending: TMD's client Frazer Evett is a case study

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  • Bytestart

    Bytestart

    Social media - The Threats and Opportunities to Your Brand

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  • startups.co.uk

    startups.co.uk

    Defending Your Trademark on Google: What to do if a competitor starts using your brand name for their ad campaigns

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  • Newbusiness.co.uk

    Newbusiness.co.uk

    Why having a trade mark is vital

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  • The Caterer

    The Caterer

    The story has also appeared on LBC Radio Classic FM and Jack FM

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  • Sky news

    Sky news

    What can go wrong if you don't register your name as a trade mark

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  • Computer Weekly

    Computer Weekly

    27 April 2010, What's in a name? Apple fights for rights to iPad name

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  • Daily Mirror

    Daily Mirror

    What's in a name? Top Tips from Trade Mark Direct

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  • WeLoveBusiness.co.uk

    WeLoveBusiness.co.uk

    SMEs fail to plan ahead when it comes to international growth

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  • MCV UK.com

    MCV UK.com

    Apple in ipad legal dispute

    This story has also been picked up by Casual Gaming.biz and PCR

  • Drapers

    Drapers

    Independent retailers that fail to trade mark their name are failing to safeguard their business and their unique brand.

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  • Newbusiness.co.uk

    Newbusiness.co.uk

    Top tips on how to protect your brand

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  • Daily Mirror

    Daily Mirror

    The Daily Mirror discusses how many small businesses fail to register a trade mark.

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  • The Mail on Sunday

    The Mail on Sunday

    Using research undertaken by Trade Mark Direct the Mail On Sunday highlights how few businesses have registered their name as a trade mark, and the serious risks they are unknowingly exposed to.

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  • British Chambers of Commerce

    British Chambers of Commerce

    The British Chambers of Commerce highlights how small businesses are putting themselves at risk by not registering trade marks.

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  • Retail Jeweller

    Retail Jeweller

    Are you putting your brand at risk by failing to register a trade mark?

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  • WeLoveBusiness.co.uk

    WeLoveBusiness.co.uk

    Are you putting your brand at risk by failing to register a trade mark?

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  • RealBusiness.co.uk

    RealBusiness.co.uk

    Importance of registering a trade mark, even for small businesses.

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  • Insight BT

    Insight BT

    Insight BT discusses the importance of Intellectual Property and obtaining protection for your company name or logo.

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  • Newbusiness.co.uk

    Newbusiness.co.uk

    newbusiness.co.uk highlights how many SME business owners are putting their brand at risk by not obtaining a trade mark.

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  • Startups.co.uk

    Startups.co.uk

    Startups.co.uk also pickup on our research findings which show how the names used by most small and medium sized businesses lack Trade Mark protection.

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  • FreshBusinessThinking

    FreshBusinessThinking

    Businesses who delay registering their trade mark, risk it being registered by a competitor.

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  • Silobreaker

    Silobreaker

    Businesses who delay registering their trade mark, risk it being registered by a competitor.

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  • IFV News

    IFV News

    IFVNews.co.uk also pickup on our research findings.

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  • Business Zone

    Business Zone

    Trade Mark Battle of the Geeks.

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  • Freelance UK

    Freelance UK

    Copyright for Freelancers – A Guide to your IP Rights

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  • A GUIDE TO TRADE MARKS FOR DESIGNERS

    A GUIDE TO TRADE MARKS FOR DESIGNERS

    FOUR STEP CHECK LIST

    By Mark Kingsley-Williams, Founder of Trade Mark Direct

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  • Freelance UK

    Freelance UK

    The Freelance Designer's Guide to Trade Marks

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Be thorough. A registered trade mark lasts for 10 years and once its registered you cannot increase the scope.

Financial Times, 2011

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