businessintellectualproperty

13 December 2022 · Articles, Copyright, Innovation, IP Value

Swift and painful intellectual property lessons

This is where contract law, copyright and business intellectual property work closely together,

13 December 2022 · Articles, Innovation, Software

‘Everyone uses opensource it’s fine’

If the product/service at the core of the company is built on too much opensource, the company may not actually be in a position to claim ownership of core business intellectual property (such as proprietary code, copyright and trade secrets) which in turn may yield a company valuation far less than desirable.

9 December 2022 · Articles, Innovation

Switzerland to ban EVs to save energy!

Switzerland to ban EVs to save energy! Just as Delhi considers banning petrol and diesel cars to reduce pollution and the UK opens a new coalmine! Not a good example of joined up thinking to solve a supranational problem

8 December 2022 · Articles, Trade secrets

What can you take when you leave the bank?

Banks are very sensitive about loss of confidential information and know-how as it can be easily transferred to benefit a competitor. Financial services companies now cite trade secrets theft as a major worry and it seems a few of them are seeking to control losses using a range of means. I suspect this falls under risk management rather than business intellectual property, but it is certain that intellectual property can be used to defend against deliberate theft and misappropriation of confidential information especially when they are classified as trade secrets.

7 December 2022 · Articles, Trade secrets

Why do you need a trade secret programme?

The law around trade secrets has been tightened up over the last seven years in all major economies and hence Trade secrets are much more effective than ever before. Once you start looking you will find numerous recent trade secret cases, see the list below:

6 December 2022 · Articles, Trademark

Registered at companies house does not equal trademark. Confused?

A common belief is that registering a company name at Companies House automatically provides you with the rights to trade with that name and that trademark protection has been acquired – it hasn’t!

5 December 2022 · Articles, IP Value

Why do some brands have long legs?

How do you transform a family owned plastic children’s play brick business that is much copied and counterfeited into one that sits alongside luxury goods brands?

30 November 2022 · Articles

Merger. What should you do with old websites and domains?

Merger. What should you do with old websites and domains? Treat them with care Why? Because someone else might be able to gain access to your email, sensitive information, social media accounts and billing etc by re-registering your old domain name! Providing big opportunities for fraud. In some countries lists of expired domain names are freely available to anyone!

Patent box and R&D tax credits explained

28 November 2022 · Articles, Innovation, IP Value

There have been some recent changes to R&D Tax Credit and Patent Box, how will these affect your business?

Innovation Incentive Schemes explained by Claritas Tax. Innovation incentives are designed to support innovative and high growth companies. R&D Tax Credits and Patent Box are two such schemes in the UK. The R&D tax credit scheme has been around for over 20 years and the patent box scheme for about half of that time. The […]

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25 November 2022 · Articles, Innovation, IP Value

What if one person in your business knows too much?

Programmes to identify and capture know-how and trade secrets will mean you businesses is less reliant on key individuals, I’m better able to identify and enter protect the items from which it derives competitive advantage in the marketplace.

24 November 2022 · Articles, Innovation, IP Value

Can I still claim on Patent Box if my patents aren’t granted yet?

Can I still claim on Patent Box if my patents aren’t granted yet? You can still claim for the time between patent application and grant Once the patent is granted you can make a claim for the profits arising from the patented product or service, for the time from when the patent application was submitted and the time it took to obtain the granted patent.

22 November 2022 · Articles, IP Value

Who is stealing your confidential information?

Is it your employees, partners or hackers? Everybody has the right to earn a living and many people think this right extends to removing confidential information from one employer and moving it to the next. What do I mean by confidential information? Business plans, test results, competitive analysis, customer database, non-patented inventions, software code, algorithms, […]