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,...

We understand the value to businesses of their data. High quality datasets are increasingly important in consumer and research applications, and often entail considerable investment.

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Licensing intellectual property enables you to retain ownership of your Intellectual Property while permitting others to make some use of it.

The nature of the licensing agreement needed depends on the IP you are...

Every company needs an IP Strategy because intellectual property is one of the most valuable assets a business generates. Yet IP can be expensive to protect, and difficult to know how best to manage.

• An IP audit would...

Branding is important to business. Trademarks are just one element in brand protection. Domain names are also key to an online brand, and copyright and design rights are also relevant ways in which brand elements are...

Domain names are a fundamental aspect of modern branding.

• Domain names can be used instantly to associate your website with your brand.
• They are inexpensive to register
• The owner of a domain name is the person who...

Sometimes developers go bust, or move elsewhere, or decide that software that your business uses is not worth continuing to invest resources in updating.

If you are reliant on such software it can be disruptive and...

There are many issues to attend to when starting a business, however intellectual property is a fundamental one to address at the outset. Depending on your industry, the success of your business may turn on how...

If you are intending to buy a business, this is a decision which can have future commercial implications for you as well as for the business, so it is important to engage professional and assistance in:

Contracts are vital documents when setting up any business, and an online business is no exception. An online business is particularly risky from ensuring you secure your desired website to understanding certain...