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If you’re selling your goods or services under a brand name or symbol so that people can recognise that you’ve made it or you’re providing the services associated with it, then you’re using that as a trade mark, even if you haven’t registered it as such. In addition, you might have unregistered trade mark protection […]
‘Help! Someone’s stolen my work. I don’t have any registered intellectual property (IP) rights for it. Is there anything I can do?’ Well, there might be. Whether it is a photo, music, film, code or any other new creative work you’ve been working on, you may have copyright in your work, without even realising it. If […]
So you’ve got a great new product and now you want to move to the next stage. Whether your product involves a great new brand name, a technical innovation or a brilliant new design, moving to the next stage inevitably involves bringing in outside help or talking to people outside your organisation. This may be […]
It’s firstly important to understand that patents protect technological advancements. As such, if your business idea is not technological in nature it probably can’t be patented. What’s technological? So what do we mean by technological? It’s not just good enough to be using technology to implement the invention, there needs to be an advancement in […]
Cast aside what you may have heard from your friends or read on the internet – obtaining a patent for software is possible in Europe. However, this is a specialist area, and obtaining a patent for these topics can be problematic without expert guidance. Below is a rough guide to what may be, and what […]
So you’ve identified that you have something patentable and you want to file a patent application. What next? In order to obtain a granted patent, a right that you can use to stop others from working the invention that the patent protects, you need to file a patent application. This patent application is then searched […]
You’ve had a Eureka! moment and decided you want a patent. But is your idea patentable? We explore three hurdles that your idea needs to jump over to become a granted patent. Is it technical? As far back as the 15th Century, patents were regularly granted to new ideas such as glass-making, candle-making, and conveying […]
Probably the best known unregistered intellectual property (IP) right, copyright generally exists in original creative ‘works’ such as books, music and photographs. However, it is worth remembering that copyright also exists in commercial documents. From website content to sales brochures to software code, copyright can provide commercially relevant protection for any business. The great thing […]
As soon as you put finger to keypad and develop your code you have some intellectual property (IP)protection for your software in the form of copyright. Copyright protects your artistic side Traditionally, copyright is seen as something that protects artistic works like the text of a novel, a director’s new film, or a band’s new […]
There are two categories of intellectual property (IP) rights: yours and everyone else’s. Both need to be taken seriously. We are now going to concentrate on the latter: IP rights owned by people external to your business, for example a competitor. These might be referred to as third party IP rights. Why should you care about […]
It’s often said that 80% of the value of businesses lies in their intellectual property (IP). So, put simply, if you don’t get the ownership of IP clear at or before the point of creation, then you risk losing the money and time you have invested in it. Not owning any one IP right could […]
If you’re a designer, a software developer or are using a name to sell your goods or services, you probably already have some protection for your intellectual property (IP) without realising. There are three main types of IP rights that exist automatically, without you having to do anything but create something. These are copyright, unregistered […]
Put simply, because it can bring huge value to you and your business. Boost the value of your business When Google bought Motorola for $12.5 billion in 2012 the value of Motorola was 63% higher than its previous closing price. Why? Motorola’s nearly 25,000 patents and patent applications were of such a high value to […]
You’ve heard that every successful company has it and even some successful people have it and use it for their benefit. But what is intellectual property (IP), why would you want it, and how do you get it? Let’s explain. While property such as your house, car or phone, are physical tangible assets, IP is […]