Awareness of intellectual property rights and how to protect and manage them is still patchy, particularly in the SME sector. Many businesses do not have a clear strategy to protect their innovation and have a poor or incomplete understanding of how registrable rights such as patents, designs and trademarks, and other IP rights such as copy right, know-how and trade secrets can interplay to create comprehensive protection in the UK and internationally. Failure to obtain appropriate IP protection can hamper business development and restrict funding opportunities.

It is for this reason that UKSPA has commissioned leading European patent and trademark attorneys Haseltine Lake to produce the Best Practice Guide to Getting the Most out of your Intellectual Property. This easy-to-use guide is presented in a self-audit format designed to help business to understand their existing and prospective IP.

Copies can be downloaded at:

www.haseltinelake.com/news/shownews/ukspaipguide