On Oct 28, 11:58*am, " wrote:
On Oct 28, 8:04*am, Matty F wrote:
This is in the nature of a d-i-y project, typical of New Zealanders.
Perhaps some of you in the UK know of Boxpark.
Boxpark director Roger Wade seems peeved that a temporary mall has
been built in Christchurch NZ after some 6000 earthquakes have
demolished much of the city..
The mall has been built out of shipping containers.
Does Boxpark want money for this rather obvious idea?
Is Boxpark subject to earthquakes? I think not.
Can somebody please tell Roger Wade to pull his head in?
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdeta...storyid=207705
The director of a British company taking legal action against
Christchurch's City Mall project wants an apology.
The Restart project is being accused of copying a pop-up mall in
London.
Boxpark director Roger Wade says members of the Restart team visited
the Shoreditch mall in April to inspire ideas.
He says he wants to stress they aren't doing this for financial gain.
"We just want the Restart initiative and the Government who's backing
the Restart initiative to recognise, as already has been recognised in
emails that we've recived from them, that this idea to create a pop-up
mall from chipping containers came from Boxpark."
Mr Wade says if this happened, he would be happy to sit down with
Restart organisers and talk it through.
A quick search has turned up his patent application:
http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publi...o?DB=EPODOC&II....
http://tinyurl.com/44hsoe4
The patent is incredibly poor (and I've read a lot of patents), but it
has probably been prepared by a professional patent lawyer (though I
would have expected a half-way decent one would have sent him away,
rather than taken his money)
BUT - note the "publication date" - 2011-02-09
That date is always 12 months after the "filing date" (the date you
actually sent the stuff to the patent office).
Basically once you "file", you have 12 months of radio-silence to
start exploiting your idea - until it's published.
But you still haven't *got* your patent.
There then follows another 12 months for anyone to challenge the
patent, by either making the patent office, the patent holder, or his
lawyer aware of any prior art.
A common trick in making a challenge is to make the patent holder's
lawyer aware - he/she then has a duty to pass that information on to
the patent office - for which he/she may then try to charge the client
for the cost of the lawyer's time!
Just sending a photo in should do the trick - particularly if the date
can easily be verified e.g. a newspaper photo or bit of tv footage.
This isn't yet a done deal - the patent isn't yet "granted".
The patent lawyer involved would be;
Murgitroyd & Company
Scotland House
165-169 Scotland Street
Glasgow
G5 8PL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 141 307 8400
Fax: +44 (0) 141 307 8401
http://www.murgitroyd.com/
Because its subject of a new application, TBH if this is Murkydroid
and Co`s idea of a patent wouldn`t be cutting them any cheques:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-find-publica...lNum ber=6351
So if anyone`s bored and feels like making an objection to a patent,
email is
looks like he can afford the legal fees, but many objections make big
fees.
http://companycheck.co.uk/company/03585719
Which is Brands Inc Ltd listed alongside Boxpark Ltd on the
boxpark.co.uk site as involved
Brands Inc Ltd trades as
http://www.sports-direct-international.com
Which Roger Wade is not on the board of or even a non executive
director.
He is a director of Boxpark Ltd formed last year with no filed
accounts as yet.
Sports Direct does have large sections about coprporate governance and
responsibilty though, perhaps they should be told of the actions of an
assosciate in their name.
List of tenants for Boxpark does make interesting reading, first one
leaps off the page
http://mallsecrets.co.uk/boxpark-sho...editch-london/
Amnesty International who are recruiting for vounteers to man their
box at boxpark.
Do wonder if Amnesty would be confident of backing their landlord in
his current action, think they should have the chance to know...
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/jobs_details.asp?ID=502
Anyone bored enough with an hour to spare and a bit more searching for
emails should be able to make Mr Wade sorry he woke up in the morning.
Even more effective from New Zealand email addresses Matty, tell your
friends, personally stuck in waiting for courier Monday may have to
object to an obvious patent....
Cheers
Adam