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Filament Fred hits town

By Jeremy

If your dislike of light-bulb cliches is as powerful as the IPKat's, you will be more than disappointed that the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) Annual Review 2007 stars a character called Filament Fred ("I have a long thin body and a bulb for a head"). The Review is however a striking blend of dramatic graphic effects, highly positive news and clearly portrayed facts and figures on the performance of the Office during a year of political and organisational turbulence.

Note for trade mark nerds and potential infringers: the trade mark search facility on the UK-IPO website contains no reference to any application having been made to register "Filament Fred" as a trade mark.

Full post as published by IPKat on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).