IP, Trade Marks, Copyright and Design
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IP, Trade Marks, Copyright and Design
- 1. Patents Trade Marks Copyright Designs BOOT CAMP
- 2. What are PATENTS? A new or inventive process or product that could be used in industry. Patent rights make it illegal for anyone except you (the owner) or someone with your permission to make, use, sell or import the invention in the country where the patent was granted .
Editor's Notes
- A patent granted in the UK is ONLY covered BY LAW in the UK and UK only – however you can apply for patents in other countries (china, USA, Japan etc, etc – more patents, more costly etc. A Patent in the UK lasts for 20 years – it can be renewed after that.
- During the application process you may be contacted by companies who specialise in promoting your invention – be very, very careful and don’t rush into any agreements, do your homework and take time over any contracts/agreements with them. Some unreliable firms will promise to evaluate your invention for a few hundred pound then tell you that you have huge potential in the market and ask for thousands of pounds up front, then they may leave you with doing very little. However some reputable companies will carry out research and give you full breakdowns of associated costs and recommend what type of research needs to be done. Although you can apply for a patent yourself, if it’s your first time it’s more advisable to seek professional legal help from an IP specialist who can prepare the application for you.
- If you discover someone is using one of your patents you will need to take some form of legal action – this is costly/potentially time consuming.
- Ask participants for other examples of Trade Marks (logos/words)
- If you have a registered trade mark then you have the right to use it – you can take legal action against anyone who uses your mark or a similar mark on the same or similar goods and services to those that are set out in the regiatration..
- The trade mark ORANGE would not be allowed for fruit because it’s an established word within that trade.
- e.g. with art work – I own the copyright to my ceramic pieces but I do not own the right to the processes by which I produced them.
- You must NEVER open the letter/parcel you send yourself on special delivery – this is because you need to prove without doubt that the date on letter encloses the original piece of copyright.
- Example – be careful when you use photos from the web – there are a number of websites that offer free photos on the web – often you have to agree to put their weblink on everything you use it for and mention the creator (who owns the original copyright).
- You can also SELL, or LICENSE a design – same as other forms of IP.