Rick Mapperson delivers a timely reminder about securing important records and documents in your business.
“The solution is to switch to electronic record keeping. It is the safest, easiest and most efficient way of maintaining the necessary records for your business.”
Alicia Beachley gets serious about protecting your Intellectual Property online.
“Your work and therefore your IP is something that should be very valuable to you, both commercially and intellectually.”
Follow these five simple steps to make sure everything’s in order with your trade marks, whether you’re a start-up or an established business.
Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Richard Marles MP, today announced a new online tool to help SMEs manage their intellectual property.
Whiskas has for some time used a particular shade of purple in their packaging and marketing materials called “Whiskas Purple”, the company then sought to register the colour as a trade mark..
In the current climate, it has never been more important for SMEs to protect their intellectual property. Unlike government departments and large corporations, there are no default contact clauses when it comes to IP protection for SMEs, so getting the right advice is crucial. Most businesses that rely on developing or exploiting any form of […]
Intellectual property (IP), also known as an invention, trademark, original design, or the practical application of a brilliant idea is an invaluable asset in making your business unique, and therefore, you should have the right security measures in place to protect your IP. An IP audit is a great way in protecting yourself from prospective […]
Protecting your business’ intellectual property whilst trading overseas is crucial in keeping your organisation out of infringement laws and protects your trademark from prospective business competitors. Protecting intellectual property (IP) is hard to get right. In a lot of cases there are businesses that never register trademarks or patent their great invention, only to find […]
Here’s a checklist of inspiration for aspiring exporters. Our collection of 50 favourite export case studies shows that there is no magic ingredient to making it on the world stage, but it certainly helps to get the basics right. Dennis Jury on Seed Genetics Australia Exporting since: 2003 Key markets: North and South America, Europe, Middle […]
As reality television has shown us, the beauty world can be an ugly business. We talk to Shelley Barrett, the entrepreneur who kept her focus on enhancing beauty and turned a pet project into the global phenomenon we know as ModelCo. Shelley Barrett has been in business since she was 21. Running her own modelling agencies for […]
