Your intellectual property is one of your most important business assets and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) want to help businesses across the UK protect and make the most of theirs.
Nearly all businesses will own some form of intellectual property, and its important to know how you can protect it to ensure you aren't copied by anyone else.
Intellectual property is something that you create using your mind - for example, a story, an invention, an artistic work or a symbol.
There are four types of intellectual property rights in the UK:
- patents
- copyright
- trade marks
- designs
The IPO are running bitesize webinars explaining each IP right and the process of applying.
This month webinars take place on 31 March, you can sign up to:
- Trade marks, find out how to apply for a trade mark for your business name and about the other assets you can trade mark, such as logos, sounds and colours, sign up using the following link Registration (gotowebinar.com)
- Patents, find out how to protect your invention and how best to keep your creation secret until it is patented, sign up using the following link Registration (gotowebinar.com)
If you can't make it, check out their Intellectual Property overview and find out how to identify, protect and exploit your IP assets to their full potential with FREE interactive online support tools. This includes webinars, online learning tools, case studies and much more.