We will explain the rights available to businesses and how you can use them to your advantage.We will explore patents,trade marks,copyright

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.

Date: Thur 3 Dec

Time: 10am - 12pm

Venue: Electric Works, 3 Concourse Way, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BJ

**Please only sign up to one of our events if you are definitely planning to attend. Spaces are limited and we want to make sure the businesses that really want this support get it.

If you can’t make an event, it’s no problem as long as you let us know before the workshop. If you sign-up and don’t attend an event, we will contact you afterwards to check in and if this happens more than once, it will jeopardise your ability to sign up to future events.**

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