The Telegraph Business Club. Intellectual Property

Part 1 Intellectual Property Rights; What is IP; Patents, Trade Marks, Designs & Copyright explained; The essentials of Patenting; The essentials of Trade Mark Registration; The essentials of Design Registration; The essentials of Copyright; Intellectual Property and the Business perspective; Practical application of IP from manufacturing sector; Practical application of IP from software sector; Practical application of IP from service sector; Practical application of IP from creative industry sector; Part 3 Building your IP; The Intellectual Property Audit; Searching IP databases; Using Patents; IP Ownership; Licensing your IP; Managing your IP; Making money out of your IP; Raising Finance with your IP; Part 4 Working with Universities; University spin-outs; Corporate ventures; Collaborative research and development; Part 5 Looking After Your IP; Looking after your Patent; Looking after your Trade Mark; Looking after your Design; Looking after your Copyright; Intellectual property insurance; Resolving disputes; Part 6 Around the World; European patent protection; International patent protection; European trade mark protection; International trade mark protection; European designs protection; Copyright protection; Part 7 Help from others; DTI; The Design Council; NESTA; Business Advisor Networks; Inventor Clubs; Invention Promotion companies; Manufacturing Advisory Service; British Standards.

This book will be written by a team of Intellectual Property experts and patent attorneys lead by Lawrence Smith-Higgins, Head of Awareness, Information and Media and Miles Rees, Business Development Manager at The UK Patent Office.