Although “deregulation” of the legal industry in the UK was initiated by the Legal Services Act 2007 the new laws didn’t come into effect until 2011, and far from the “big bang” that was anticipated...
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As we transition from an industrial economy to an information, knowledge based one, there is a boom in...
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The more you learn the more you earn, is a quote I read somewhere recently which struck me because it’s so apt...
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Brand is one of those terms that is bandied around quite a lot so that there is a lot of confusion among business...
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Branding is essentially about clarifying who you are, what do you do and what differentiates you. It’s about...
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Asking yourself the question ‘what business am I really in’ is well worth doing periodically –...
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I totally get that the logo must be used in a consistent way (because, for example, you’d risk losing your...
Patents Explanation
A patent is a monopoly right granted by the state to stop others from making, using or selling your invention without permission.
- Patents protect the way things work, what they do, how they do it, what...
What Is Copyright?
Copyright is crucial to modern businesses. It protects image, text, video, audio, software and a whole host of other material. Copyright helps you control the sharing of your products and to stop...
Trademarks, trade marks or trade-marks are names, signs, logos, taglines, designs or expressions you use in business, such as names and logos, which protect the value in your growing business. It is important to own the...
Designs are potentially one of the most valuable intellectual property assets a business owns. Design can be crucial to a product’s mass appeal – just think of the iPod or Dyson vacuum cleaner.
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The law of confidentiality protects your ideas and trade secrets provided you take appropriate steps to safeguard the secrecy of the information.
- The law can protect your information and knowhow.
- To gain IP protection,...