It's a month of 2 Firsts for Gordian! We've recently turned 1 and it's also our the 1st anniversary of our Startup Assistance!
So, we're taking all the blessings and kindness that you've given us and paying it forward by giving away free Trademark Searches in Malaysia for our local startups.
To claim your free search, you only need to send the following code:
STARTUPFIRST
to our email at info@gordianip.com
Terms and Conditions: Offer ends 15 May 2018
This CNY we're waiving our fees for 2 trademark filings in Malaysia!
To claim your big Ang Pow, you only need to be the first 2 startups to email us the following code:
STARTUPHUAT
May the HUATS be ever in your favour...đ”đ”đ
Email: info@gordianip.com
Terms and Conditions: This offer is limited to 1 trademark application per startup. It is not inclusive of the official fees payable to the IP office. It does not include publication fees. And we reserve the rights to modify, suspend, or terminate the offer without prior notice.
During the Paris Fashion Week, we've via our Facebook page, showcased the swanky Intellectual Property behind some of the most iconic fashion items to have hit the runway. Just in case you've missed it, here are the goodies:-
1. First off, let us look back to the 50s at one of the icons of ROLEX - the GMT MASTER 1675. With its dual-toned blue and red bezel, the 1675 is easily the most recognisable Rolex watch. As a testament to its ageless appeal, the GMT MASTER series is still in production today (see https://www.rolex.com/watches/gmt-master-ii/m116719blro-0001.html).
2. To many, fashion is all about standing out, to have that which no one else has. That's why many fashion houses choose to protect their unique and gorgeous designs through design patents (a.k.a. registered/industrial designs), in order to keep the designs exclusively theirs!
E.g. - Saint Laurent's 2014 Anita Fringed Bag and its corresponding design patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
3. 'Honey, can you help me with this?'...quite possibly the only useful input required of men in a dressing room! But can you imagine what fashion would be like without these nifty zippers?
*seen here in a 1917 patent application at the USPTO.
4. Because cotton is so yesterday, Anna Grindi has revolutionized the clothing industry by creating a fabric from the cork tree bark (see http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2667).The fabric is said to be almost indestructible, waterproof, and stain-proof. Above all, Grindi's fabric is produced without involving felling trees.
In the words of Coco Chanel, âin order to be irreplaceable, one must always be differentâ.
5. Lastly, we simply cannot take our eyes off the most desired and flirtatious stilettos. Yes! It's all about Christian Louboutin's famous trademark - that shiny, red-lacquered soles which got every celebrity flaunting.
That's a wrap for our IP parade! Hope you enjoyed the voguish side of IP! And yes! There's a reason why the word IP is in Hip.