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Evaluate your ecodesign products
How to use feedback from production and sales departments to ensure the manufacture of profitable ecodesign products
Open data opportunities for business
What is open data, where to find open data in Northern Ireland, and how to make the most of its business opportunities.
Trade mark tips for beginners
12 things that small business owners need to know in order to protect and manage their valuable trade marks
Passing off: definition, remedies and defences
Understand the common law of passing off, possible remedies for trade mark misrepresentation and passing off defences
Post-grant opposition of patents
How to challenge the validity of a granted patent or file an opposition in court to try to invalidate or revoke a patent
How to sell fireworks legally in Northern Ireland
The steps you should take in order to sell fireworks legally, including registering and complying with regulations.
Register a trade mark outside the UK
How to register a trade mark in Europe and internationally by applying for EU trade mark registration or applying under the WIPO's Madrid protocol
What is Industry 4.0?
Introduction into the key concepts, principles and components of Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution
Business benefits of Industry 4.0
Discover the advantages of using digital technologies to help you reduce costs, increase efficiency and revenue, and improve customer experience
IP rights: copyright
What is copyright, when does it apply, and how you can use it to protect your intellectual property
IP rights: trade marks
What are trade marks, and how to register trade marks to protect your brand, products or business
IP rights: designs
An overview of design as an intellectual property asset and advice on how to use unregistered and registered designs to secure your IP
IP rights: patents
What is a patent, how to apply for one, and how to use and enforce it to protect your business' intellectual property
Objecting to and challenging trade marks
How to oppose trade mark registration, on what grounds, and how to object to trade marks before or after registration
Using other people's trade marks
How to avoid infringing on other people's trade marks and what to do if you face an infringement claim
Find a copyright owner
How to find and contact copyright owners before using their work, and what to do if you can't find an owner
How to license or buy other people's copyright
To use copyright work, you must have the permission of the copyright owner and you may have to pay for the usage
Different types of copyright licences
Understand how different types of copyright licences work to establish the rights between copyright owners and users
Creating a new product development team
Build teams that can bring different skills into your product or service development and work together effectively
Screening new product or service ideas
How to evaluate if your business idea is viable, and what criteria to use to screen new product or service ideas