Michael Harrison's contribution to the Bmedia IP seminar of the 17 Nov 2009. Dr Harrison is principal of Harrison IP a firm of patent and trade mark attorneys and a former president of the CIPA.

1. Registered IP Rights Presented by Michael Harrison Harrison IP

4. Getting (your) rights

6. COMPOST BIN

7. COMPOST BIN Patents – panels each with male and female connecting elements Registered Designs – appearance of e.g. Fig 6 version Trade Marks - ROTOCROP Initial Consultation - £ NIL

8. Checking Rights - Searches Patents: keywords: compost, bin, panel, sliding - £200 RegisteredDesigns: official records - £75 TradeMarks: GB/CTM - identical - £75 - clearance - £250 Total search costs = £ 500 You can pay more = £ 500 x 10 = £5000

9. Initial Filings in UK Patents £1000 file before public disclosureto £2000 Registered £300 can wait (one year’s grace) Designs TradeMarks £450 can wait (establish market) Total filing costs = £2250 Total costs to date = £2750

10. Months Invention made Searches Priority UK filing Completion PCT filing Publication Preliminary examination Entry into national/regional phase Grant Renewals -3 -1 0 12 18 19 30 42 - 45 48 - 240 £500 £1000 - £2000 £3000 - £5000 £1500, but optional £2000-3000 per country £500 - £1000 per country Increase each year Australia Canada Europe Japan USA etc

11. Registered Design Costs GB £300 EU £750 US £2000 - £3000 (design patent) Other £600 - £1200 RenewalsGB – every 5 years - £250 to £575 USA – none Other – every 1-5 years - £100 to £500

12. Trade Mark Registration Costs GB £550 CTM £2500 (including GB) Other £1000 Renewals every 10 years GB – £350 CTM – £2000

14. TM and Reg Des filing delay

15. Territorial

16. Patents: Prosecution delay

18. Patents – full lifetime Main renewal costs Countries GB, DE, ES, FR, IE, IT NL, US. CA, CN, JP, KR GB – PCT – EP – national Filing and exam stages £1000s Year after filing

19. Stopping infringers - patents PatentsCourt £500,000 Patents County Court £100,000 - £500,000 But costs of other party Registered Designs and Trade Marks: less costly but still expensive