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Running a business? Then we need to talk about Intellectual Property
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If you trade, you have some form of intellectual property, also known as IP. It is something that you create using your mind and which is unique to you or your business. This webinar will clearly guide you through the different forms of intellectual property, explaining trade mark, patent, copyright and design rights and the role each one plays in protecting innovation and creativity. Having IP protection makes business sense, so we will also explore why IP is an asset, how to fund it, and ways in which it can be protected.
The figures speak for themselves: businesses who have filed at least one patent, trade mark or design demonstrate 21% more growth that those businesses that do not, and 10% of those are more likely to become a High Growth Firm (HGF). These already impressive figures increase to 33% if the business ‘bundles’ a combination of patent, trade mark or design rights.
Chartered trade mark attorney Rosanne Farmer, and chartered UK & European patent and design rights attorney David Harris from Barker Brettell LLP will cover the following areas in their webinar:
What does intellectual property (IP) cover
How is IP relevant to your business
The different forms of IP: trade marks, design rights, patents and copyright.
Why should a business invest in IP
Why IP is an asset on your balance sheet
Register your IP – insure your most valuable asset
How to protect our IP while you perfect your product or offering
Trade mark registration is king
Use it or lose it – look after your IP
Funding IP
What is an IP Audit
Q&A session
SPEAKERS
ROSANNE FARMER, PARTNER, TRADE MARK ATTORNEY
Rosanne is experienced in all areas of trade mark work including advising on the availability and registrability of trade marks, filing and prosecuting UK, EU, International, and overseas trade mark applications, including dealing with objections raised, filing and prosecuting oppositions in the UK and EU and trade mark infringement and passing off matters. She has coordinated the recordal of a number of global assignment and licence programmes for key clients.
Rosanne works with a wide range of clients, and has particular focus on the fashion industry and has been working with clients to help manage their global portfolios and strategy. She also gained insight into the automotive sector and the challenges in the industry, when she completed a secondment at a leading automotive company.
DAVID HARRIS, PARTNER, UK & EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEY, UPC REPRESENTATIVE
David is a European and UK patent attorney and partner and has worked at Barker Brettell for over 20 years. Over this time he has built a practice focused on writing and prosecuting patents and designs, as well as a significant amount of dispute resolution.
David’s background is in physics and works largely within the engineering and electronic fields. He has a broad client base but has particular specialism in the automotive and energy sectors where we has drafted patents relating to radar sensing, power electronics, transmission equipment, epicyclic gearboxes for wind turbines and naval propulsion. Outside those fields, he has drafted and prosecuted patents for medical scanning equipment, consumer goods, security equipment and much more.
David also has vast experience in design and other IP protection and enforcement and has been involved in a project to block the sale of counterfeit products using registered design protection; analysis of infringement; contacting the infringers and negotiating settlements, as well as acting as an expert witness on IP matters. David is one of the few UK patent attorneys to have the Higher Courts Litigator qualification, allowing him to bring and defend IP cases at all levels of the English & Welsh civil court system, and is also a Unified Patents Court Representative.