Intellectual Property & SMEs - Essentials for Success

Introduction

The development and commercialisation of intellectual property such as trade marks, copyright, patents and know-how can improve the competitiveness of a business, underpin the value in a business and be key to its success.

However, businesses must take care to ensure that the intellectual property rights that help them generate revenue and wealth are adequately protected.

Efficient management and exploitation of its intellectual property can help a business obtain higher return on investment and secure its long-term economic growth.

This new virtual classroom seminar will explore the different types of intellectual property rights commonly created or used by SMEs, ownership of these rights on their creation and the different ways of generating revenue from IP.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• Rights that are commonly created or used by SMEs including, trade marks, copyright, designs, databases, patents and confidential information
• First ownership of intellectual property rights and steps SMEs can take to secure intellectual property rights used by or created for the business where these are not owned by the business
• Assignment and licensing
• Different ways that a business can commercially exploit its intellectual property
• Assignment and licensing, the principal terms of an assignment or licence agreement (including rights granted/assigned, warranties and limitations of liability) and negotiating and drafting tips for these documents
• Intellectual property on the sale of a business
• Legal due diligence on the intellectual property estate of a business and warranties about its intellectual property

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.