Intellectual Property
Trade marks, copyright, patents and design rights... Protecting and monetising your idea, invention or brand is an important part of running your enterprise.
Our guides and videos explain the different options available to you. Once you’ve decided, you can “do it yourself” and take the next steps using the resources and external links provided.
Read
These guides on the different options available:
- Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights [PDF 551KB]
- Copyright Explained [PDF 941KB]
- Protect Your Brand! Trade Marks Explained – Part 1 Introducing Trade Marks [PDF 847KB]:
- Protect Your Brand! Trade Marks Explained – Part 2 Registered Trade Marks [PDF 934KB]
- Protect Your Brand! Trade Marks Explained – Part 3 Unregistered Trade Marks and Passing Off [PDF 804KB]
- Protect Your Invention! Patents Explained [PDF 2,055KB]
- Protect your Invention! Patents and Trade Secrets Explained [PDF 587KB]
- Design Rights Explained [PDF 912KB]
- Ways to Commercialise Your IP [PDF 176KB]
- Licensing Intellectual Property [PDF 790KB]
- Protecting your IP when collaborating with others [PDF 209KB]
Watch
- This short video on thinking through whether you need a patent.
- This short video on how to patent an invention in the UK.
- This short video on how to protect your invention by avoiding disclosures.
- This recorded workshop delivered to Tower Hamlets start-ups.
- This short video on what is an NDA and when to use it.
- This short video on finding a good NDA template and the dangers of using AI.
- This short video on the next steps after signing an NDA.
Five-part series on NDA technicalities:
- NDA Technicalities Part 1: Who Signs and Who Receives It?
- NDA Technicalities Part 2: Duration of an NDA.
- NDA Technicalities Part 3: Cross Border Transactions.
- NDA Technicalities Part 4: How to Prevent a Breach?
- NDA Technicalities Part 5: What Happens When the Collaboration Ends?
Do
- Search for existing trade marks, patents and designs.
- Ask qLegal for advice
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