Intellectual property (IP) rights are of core importance to most creative industries businesses. So it’s really important for such businesses to have a proper understanding of how IP rights affect them, and to approach their contracts and deals in the best possible way.
This 3-hour bite-size practical workshop will take a fun and interactive approach to helping creative businesses understand IP rights, and deals and agreements relevant to the creative sector. The workshop will cover the following areas:-
- What is IP and how does it affect you?
- Copyright and performers rights – protecting creative works
- Patents – rights in your inventions
- Trade marks and passing off – protecting your brand
- Rights in design – the shape and appearance of your products
- Confidential information
- Domain names
Each delegate will receive a resource handbook to use in the session and beyond, providing useful facts and information about IP and contracts.
The session is led by John Buckby, an expert at helping businesses to protect and commercialise their intellectual property rights. John is a lawyer at top East Midlands firm Spearing Waite LLP, “a superb, young dynamic practice with top-quality lawyers” according to the ‘Legal 500’.
John cut his teeth working in the music industry, and has gone on to become one of the East Midlands’ leading intellectual property lawyers. John has first-hand experience of running successful creative businesses of his own, so he can give practical advice in plain English about how to get the best out of your IP, contracts and deals.