The Intellectual Property Office can help you get the right type of protection for your creation or invention.
Intellectual Property (IP) is created when an idea takes some tangible form. IP can mean a brand, invention, design or other kind of creation and it can be legally owned. But how can that help you? See Why use IP?
The
Intellectual Property Office is part of the Department for Business, Innovation &
Skills 
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Intellectual Property Clinics
Free professional advice for innovators who
are at the early stages of developing an idea.
IP events
- Design and Technology Show, Birmingham (19 - 21 November 2009)
- Business start up, London (26 - 27 November 2009)
- Making the most of your Intellectual Property, Leicester (26 November 2009)
- 2009 Supplier Gathering, Edinburgh (1 December 2009)
- Intellectual Property Clinics, Newport (12 January 2010)
Latest news
- Government announces change in copyright law for Third Sector and not-for-profit organisations
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- © the way ahead (professional section)