Ouzman IP is delighted to advise that we’ve moved office – giving us more room, and space for expansion! But we haven’t gone far – we’re just across the corridor from our old office in Suite 3 and still in 13 Main Street in lovely Milngavie, so we are still handy to provide advice on […]

Background A Scottish scientist, Professor Ian Shanks, has been awarded £2 million by the Supreme Court for inventing the Electrochemical Capillary Fill Device (ECFD) for Unilever in 1982. The technology is used in glucose detection, for self-monitoring by diabetics.  Unilever had filed a number of patents naming Professor Shanks as the inventor. After Professor Shanks […]

Getting your facts straight at the start of a trade mark dispute can be invaluable – as shown in this case about a trade mark centred on one of Scotland’s most iconic lochs. Background Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Limited (the applicant) applied to invalidate six UK registrations. All of the registrations included the words “LOCH […]