If you watch Dragons’ Den, you’ll have seen those hopeful entrepreneurs seeking investment being asked whether they own the rights or have the patent for their product or invention, but what exactly is a patent or a trademark?
In this episode
In this 30-minute episode of Essential Business Radio, first broadcast in 2012 but still very relevant, Matthew Searle, founder of Adams and Remers LLP (now with Gunner Cooke), Penina Shepherd, founder of Acumen Business Law, and Philip Towler, partner at Dehns, discuss how to protect your intellectual property. Listen now:
Note: This show was recorded in 2012. In 2014, there were significant changes to the UK’s Intellectual Property Act 2014 for design law. See the bottom of the transcript below, for more details.
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