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Company name as intellectual property
How your company name can work as a unique identifier to form important intellectual property
Contractors and copyright
Best practice guidance to help you protect copyright in commissioned works and understand implied licences
What is a patent?
What are patents, how do they protect your inventions and how can you use patent rights to benefit your business
Advantages and disadvantages of getting a patent
Consider the benefits of patents, as well as possible difficulties patenting may cause, before taking your ideas public
Advisory support for creative businesses
Sources of information and advice for businesses in the Northern Ireland creative industries.
Grow your business through franchising
Find out how to grow your business through a franchise operation, and use franchise agreements to prevent common problems.
Intellectual property health check
Find out how you can use the IPO's free IP Health Check tool to help protect your intellectual property assets.
What happens after a winding-up order is made?
What happens to a company after the court makes a winding-up order against it
Orphan works: guidance for right holders
How right holders for an orphan work can contact the IPO and what to do if your work is licensed as an orphan work
Copyright infringement
Learn when copyright permission is and isn't needed and how to avoid infringement
Skilled Worker visa
Visa allowing workers to come to the UK to do an eligible skilled job with an approved employer.
Support available for exporting to France
There are a range of support options available to help you export to France.
Conditional access technology
How conditional access technology enables you to allow access to encoded broadcasts
Copy protection devices
Information on technologies that are available to protect your intellectual property and prevent counterfeiting
Confidentiality agreements
How to use confidentiality agreements to protect your business when sharing secret information with others
Database right
Databases can be valuable commercial assets - you can protect their structure through copyright or their content through the sui generis database right
Advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing product distribution
Consider the benefits and challenges of outsourcing product distribution, and IP issues in outsourcing agreements.
Selling your intellectual property
How to value and sell your business' intellectual property and use your IP to support your growth strategy.
Intellectual property business help and support
Overview and contact details for organisations that can help and advise you on intellectual property queries.
Different types of copyright licences
Understand how different types of copyright licences work to establish the rights between copyright owners and users