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Intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property, or IP, covers everything from your company’s slogan and branding, to the research and creative strategies it develops. Growing Business has created this section to help you understand what IP really means for your business, and protect the ideas on which your firm is based.
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Can we develop a new line of revenue?
Find out how to protect your patent
Faster justice
An intellectual property court for small and medium-sized businesses is about to transform the dynamics of how entrepreneurs and innovators...
Zig-zag IP
Want to find a new line of attack? Arm yourself with sufficient knowledge of the current state of the market
Safe and sound
In developing your idea, wrapping a number of soft rights around it can offer protection and save you money
Intellectual property: Navigating the mind field
What qualifies as intellectual property and how can you go about protecting it?
Expert tips on handling IP
Lewis Hands of Handsome IP highlights some common issues innovative companies encounter
Working with the IPO
How the IPO can help protect your company’s IP
Working with KTPs
How Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses improve competitiveness and productivity
Design support for innovative firms
Why the Design Council is emphasising the importance of collaboration
Understanding IP
The Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) recommends entrepreneurs get advice before embarking on costly protection
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