Tag: Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property (IP) can be a valuable asset in your business. Join us for an overview of how you can identify, protect & use your IP. Intellectual Property: what is it, and how can it be valuable to your business? In this overview session we’ll look at how an awareness of intellectual property (IP) from the very start of can help you build your business and avoid costly problems further down the line. We’ll cover: What is intellectual property (IP)? How can it be valuable (or costly)? Identifying the intellectual property in your business. Different ways of protecting your IP – with copyright, trademarks, designs, patents & more. Where to get further support About Jo Jo Lawrence is Senior Supervisor for Resources & Information at Exeter Library. After running a small business for 10 years, Jo has spent the last 7 years supporting small businesses through the BIPC. Booking/Joining information Zoom webinar – details will be sent to you 2 hours before the session via email. The session will be recorded for BIPC Devon’s archive. You are free to leave your cameras on or turn them off as you prefer. There will be a chance to ask questions during the

Intellectual Property (IP) can be a valuable asset in your business. Join us for an overview of how you can identify, protect & use your IP. Intellectual Property: what is it, and how can it be valuable to your business? In this overview session we’ll look at how an awareness of intellectual property (IP) from the very start of can help you build your business and avoid costly problems further down the line. We’ll cover: What is intellectual property (IP)? How can it be valuable (or costly)? Identifying the intellectual property in your business. Different ways of protecting your IP – with copyright, trademarks, designs, patents & more. Where to get further support About Jo Jo Lawrence is Senior Supervisor for Resources & Information at Exeter Library. After running a small business for 10 years, Jo has spent the last 7 years supporting small businesses through the BIPC. Booking/Joining information Zoom webinar – details will be sent to you 2 hours before the session via email. The session will be recorded for BIPC Devon’s archive. You are free to leave your cameras on or turn them off as you prefer. There will be a chance to ask questions during the

Intellectual Property (IP) can be a valuable asset in your business. Join us for an overview of how you can identify, protect & use your IP. Intellectual Property: what is it, and how can it be valuable to your business? In this overview session we’ll look at how an awareness of intellectual property (IP) from the very start of can help you build your business and avoid costly problems further down the line. We’ll cover: What is intellectual property (IP)? How can it be valuable (or costly)? Identifying the intellectual property in your business. Different ways of protecting your IP – with copyright, trademarks, designs, patents & more. Where to get further support The focus of this session will be intellectual property for small businesses and startups in the UK. About Rachel Rachel Oakes is BIPC Devon’s Information Specialist. A Chartered Librarian, with a background in business information in both academic and public libraries, she has also run her own small business. Booking/Joining information Zoom webinar – details will be sent to you 2 hours before the session via email. The session will be recorded for BIPC Devon’s archive. You are free to leave your cameras on or turn them

A short introduction to designs and design registration in the UK. As you build your business, you’re creating so much! From the words in your website, to your brand name and logo, your products themselves, new inventions perhaps – even the look of your packaging. In this workshop, we’ll give a brief overview of the different types of Intellectual Property (IP), then focus in on Designs. It’s never too early to start thinking about your IP, and a little planning now can help stave off problems in the future. In this 30-minute session, we’ll look at Registered Designs, which you can use to protect the look of a product – appearance, shape, configuration or decoration. We’ll cover: types of Intellectual Property (IP) the design registration process searching for existing designs unregistered designs By the end of this session, you’ll be better placed to consider whether design registration is likely to be right for you and your business, and possible next steps. Joining information This is a Zoom webinar – details will be sent to you 2 hours before the session via email. The session will be recorded for BIPC Devon’s archive. You are free to leave your cameras on or

An short introduction to patents and the patenting process in the UK. As you build your business, you’re creating so much! From the words in your website, to your brand name and logo, your products themselves, new inventions perhaps – even the look of your packaging. In this workshop, we’ll give a brief overview of the different types of Intellectual Property (IP), then focus in on patents. It’s never too early to start thinking about your IP, and a little planning now can help stave off problems in the future. In this 30-minute session, we’ll look at patents, which you can use to protect your inventions. We’ll cover: types of Intellectual Property (IP) what you can and can’t patent in the UK the patent application process costs of taking out a patent the importance of confidentiality pros, cons and alternatives to patents. By the end of this session, you’ll be better placed consider whether a patent is likely to be right for you and your business, and possible next steps. Joining information This is a Zoom webinar – details will be sent to you 2 hours before the session via email. The session will be recorded for BIPC Devon’s archive.

An introduction to copyright and trade marks in the UK, and how you can use them to protect the intellectual property in your business. As you build your business, you’re creating so much! From the words in your website, to your brand name and logo, your products themselves, new inventions perhaps – even the look of your packaging. In this workshop, we’ll give a brief overview of the different types of Intellectual Property (IP), then focus in on Copyright and Trade Marks, the two most common rights you can use. It’s never too early to start thinking about your IP, and a little planning now can help stave off problems in the future. In this hour-long session, we’ll look at Copyright, which covers creative works (including words, text, images, photographs, software) and Trade Marks, which protect your brand (including names, slogans, logos etc) types of Intellectual Property (IP) what copyright covers, and how it protects your work who owns the copyright using other people’s copyright trade marks what you can and can’t register the trade mark registration process searching for similar/existing trade marks trade mark classification unregistered trade marks By the end of this session, you’ll be better placed to

An introduction to copyright and trade marks in the UK, and how you can use them to protect the intellectual property in your business. As you build your business, you’re creating so much! From the words in your website, to your brand name and logo, your products themselves, new inventions perhaps – even the look of your packaging. In this workshop, we’ll give a brief overview of the different types of Intellectual Property (IP), then focus in on Copyright and Trade Marks, the two most common rights you can use. It’s never too early to start thinking about your IP, and a little planning now can help stave off problems in the future. In this hour-long session, we’ll look at Copyright, which covers creative works (including words, text, images, photographs, software) and Trade Marks, which protect your brand (including names, slogans, logos etc) types of Intellectual Property (IP) what copyright covers, and how it protects your work who owns the copyright using other people’s copyright trade marks what you can and can’t register the trade mark registration process searching for similar/existing trade marks trade mark classification unregistered trade marks By the end of this session, you’ll be better placed to