IP in the news

Another batch of IP related stories which have attracted media attention over the past month.

Mail
Australian designer wins £10,000 James Dyson award by pulling water out of thin air.

Express
Genius of Everyday Things.

Mail
New £50 note: Bank of England adds an entrepreneur and an inventor.

BBC
Self-extinguishing cigarettes and other curious little safety inventions.

Mail
That's handy! Hospital door handle squirts sanitiser when pulled.

Guardian
Paper towels least green way of drying hands, study finds.

Mail
Virtual changing rooms hit the high street: Debenhams first to trial new technology.

BBC
Celebrating the hidden heroes of technology.

Mail
Raise a glass to the environmentally friendly paper wine bottle.

Guardian
Design and invention can power us out of recession.

Mail
Dragons' Den star Levi Roots is sued for £300,000 by friend who claims HE invented Reggae Reggae Sauce.

BBC
LG signs deal with patent giant Intellectual Ventures.

Mail
How was bubble wrap invented? The unlikely stories of the brainwaves we all take for granted

Mail
Cadbury jubilant after winning round one of battle for the right to use the colour purple

Guardian
Could graphene be the new silicon?

Telegraph
Real 'bulletproof custard' proposed in amateur science competition.

Mail
The day the music died: EMI sold off to rivals Universal and Sony.

Mail
The dogs dying for your fake UGG boots.

Guardian
Libraries face a digital future.

And finally

Telegraph
Dream makers: where the world's best-loved toys are born.