Date
Monday 27 November
Time
9:00 – 12:00
Location
Coventry University, Westwood Heath Road, Coventry CV4 8GP
Organisers
Coventry and Warwickshire Business Festival
The event
This event is aimed at SMEs at start-ups, explaining how these businesses can add value through identifying and protecting their intellectual property. Recommended for SMEs within the region that is involved in Research and development, innovation or wish to protect their assets. Topics will include:
- Trademarks, patents, design rights, copyright and trade secrets
- Advice on how to identify hidden commercial value in IP, using IP for raising capital for business growth
- Implications of BREXIT on IP & accelerated channels
- Accelerated routes like the UK Green Channel and the EU PACE arrangements, with an explanation why this is recommended
- Case Study – importance of prior IP searching before registration is one of the valuable lessons learnt here, along with using the professional expertise of trademark and patent attorneys
- Funding available to support IP protection
- Q&A
