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How to safeguard intellectual property rights by ensuring hard-copy information is kept securely and by protecting computer data

How to ensure you hold the rights to any IP created by staff by stating the position in employment contracts

Advice, guidance and support with intellectual property issues for Northern Ireland businesses

How to conduct an intellectual property audit and assess the ownership of IP rights in your business

Understand the significance of intellectual property rights and why it is important to protect IP such as trade marks, patents, designs and copyright

How to conduct an audit of your business' intellectual property rights and take steps to protect and secure your IP

Non-disclosure agreements can protect your ideas or invention when you need to discuss them with investors, manufacturers and other third parties

How new varieties of plant and seeds are protected by Plant Breeders' Right

How your company name can work as a unique identifier to form important intellectual property

How to use confidentiality agreements to protect your business when sharing secret information with others

What are trade secrets and how can you use trade secrets to protect your intellectual property

An overview of trade secrets, confidentiality agreements and other less common methods of protecting intellectual property

An overview of design as an intellectual property asset and advice on how to use unregistered and registered designs to secure your IP

What are trade marks, and how to register trade marks to protect your brand, products or business

What is copyright, when does it apply, and how you can use it to protect your intellectual property

What is a patent, how to apply for one, and how to use and enforce it to protect your business' intellectual property

Understand how to secure and enforce your intellectual property rights internationally, and register your patents, trade marks and designs overseas

Intellectual property issues related to internet domain names, including relationship and conflicts between trade marks and domain names

Introduction to user-centred design, its benefits to your business and its role in product or service development

Understand the role of design in starting a business and its importance when developing new products or services, or entering new markets

Understand how design can add value to your business, and why you should protect it

Innovate UK funds different categories of research and development (R&D) activities to support a wide range of sectors

An overview of the types of domain name disputes, most common problems around domain names and trade mark infringement, and how to avoid or resolve them

You can register a domain name as a trade mark - learn about the rules and procedures that apply

Find out how to manage your design projects, either in-house or by working with external designers