In nature, birds have developed the most incredible features and behaviour to impress a receptive mate – take for example the extravagant plumage of birds-of-paradise or the magical courtship dance of the Western grebe. All that fluttering is aimed at bringing one key message across: choose me, for I am the strongest, most beautiful and fittest of my kind. The process of evolutionary change that has yielded such wonders is often boosted by environmental stress, which increases the value of…

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During a recent visit to Kenya at the behest of The British Council, I spoke with representatives of businesses in the creative sector. They operate in an uncertain legal context: the first statute dealing with intellectual property was only passed in 2001, and the population is still adapting to a world where it is possible, at least in theory, to earn a living from their brains. Despite the difficulties of some aspects of the prevailing culture, the poverty, and…

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Facial hair has, historically, not been looked upon favourably by the courts in situations where employees work in an environment where the highest standard of hygiene is required.

 

In a couple of cases from the late…

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I fell into becoming a Legal Secretary quite by accident. I didn’t leave school with a dream of becoming a Legal Secretary, to be honest I had never even thought about it. My mum told me, when I turned 16, that I had to either stay on at school or get a job because she would not be providing my weekly allowance if I just “dossed” at home, her words. Harsh but fair, I thought. So I set about looking for something that I could do as a school leaver.…

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Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is a US law firm that focuses exclusively on intellectual property law. The firm has recently revamped its website and, via an invite on Twitter, we were asked to give our thoughts on it. First off, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is an IP firm. That's all it does. So from a website point of view they should be making this clear from the outset. …



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It’s that time of year again… and the Chambers and Legal 500 directories have been…

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We were pointed towards an excellent article recently discussing whether professional networking was useful for recruiters to use as candidate sourcing tools and to aid in the recruitment process.



The article was about the recruitment industry but it could easily be applied to any industry. It was about how businesses were trying to use professional networks to sell to their clients, and since they were having trouble finding a direct return on investment to warrant the use of social… Read More

Pro·Manchester Breakfast Event: 19th November 2010 - 08:00 - 09:30

Royal Northern College of Music, 24 Oxford Road

Cost: Free

Speaker: Keith Arrowsmith, Head of Intellectual Property & Media, Ralli

Collaboration, whether it's a merger, joint venture or selling services to other professionals is often…

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Phonographic Performance Ltd and PRS for Music have announced new arrangements for charities and not-for-profit organisations, which means that these organisations will be obliged to pay royalties in respect of recordings of music played at their premises from 01 January 2011.

The provisions in the…

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Quality Solicitors, the new legal "Superbrand" will have nationwide TV spots tonight with adverts airing during Coronation Street and the News at Ten on ITV1 (presumably this ad).

Their press release is over at their site in full but here are the key bits:

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Following the successful launch of… Read More

Kingsley Napley recently had a website makeover from the team at Intendance. The firm’s site has grown quite substantially during the last year, and the navigation had become difficult. Visitors had to click quite a bit to find certain services, and the information architecture was not ideal. So, how does the new site stack up? We take a look....

First Impressions – The Homepage:… Read More

We read a recent post about social media recruiting debating whether it is an active or passive strategy.



It is an interesting question that caused a fair amount of internal discussion within the office without us actually coming up with any answers! The main problem with defining a strategy as passive or active is where you consider the boundaries between the two.



For example, by engaging in social media you’re automatically active on the platform. Without activity,… Read More

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The Law Society has begun laying down the red lines beyond which it will not be able to support alternative business structures (ABSs). The society’s regulatory affairs board (RAB)…

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In repsonse to the Law Society Gazette article Personal injury solicitors rebuff ABI claims over ‘excessive’ costs

I am astounded at the comments made by the ABI.

The entire system of handling low value RTA cases…

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