Protecting Your Ideas: A Simple Guide to Intellectual Property – Electric Works – Sheffield

What is intellectual property, and why should it matter to your business?

Intellectual property (IP) rights can offer businesses more than protection for their ideas. This workshop introduces the different intellectual property rights available to businesses, what they do and how you can use them to your advantage.

You’ll explore patents, trade marks, designs, copyright and more, including how each type of intellectual property right works and how you can get them.

The workshop will also explore how intellectual property rights can have wider implications, including for taxation and immigration.

What will I learn?
During the workshop, you’ll explore:

Understanding intellectual property
Learn what intellectual property is and why IP rights can matter to your business.

Patents
Explore what patents do, the requirements involved and how inventions may qualify for patent protection.

Trade marks
Understand what trade marks do and how businesses can get them.

Designs
Explore intellectual property rights relating to designs and how they can be protected.

Copyright
Learn about copyright and how it differs from other types of intellectual property rights.

Using intellectual property in your business
Explore how intellectual property rights can be used to your advantage and the benefits they can provide beyond protecting your ideas.

Why should businesses understand intellectual property?
Intellectual property rights can help protect ideas and other aspects of a business, but their potential benefits can go further.

The workshop will explore the different rights available and how they can be used, as well as wider areas where intellectual property can have an impact, including taxation and immigration.

You’ll also explore some of the requirements involved in securing different IP rights. These may be lower than you expect, particularly when it comes to patents.

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