Talking IP: How to protect your intellectual property

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Earlier this year, the governments of India and the United Kingdom announced trade and investment deals (an enhanced trade partnership, or ETP), seen as paving the way for a free trade agreement between the nations, in the future. This reciprocal relationship between what is possibly the world’s fifth and sixth largest economies, bodes well for the economies of both countries, leaving the nations hopeful for a recovery in these troubled times.

The UK and Australia have reached agreement in principle on a free trade agreement, recognising the strong existing relationship between the two countries. While the details remain to be fleshed out, the move has been heralded as an important next step for the UK. It marks the first trade agreement that the UK has reached separately from the existing EU suite.

New terms and composite words are appearing all the time – shared over the internet or put together to describe novel products and services. Establishing exclusive rights in new terms like this can be difficult, especially where there is more than one user.