Do trade secrets protect commercial secrets?
Trade secrets protect more than just inventions A trade secret can be any confidential business information providing business with a competitive edge.
Patent Box: is it worth the effort?
Is the benefit worth it? It depends whether a 47% to 60% reduction in tax payable on qualifying profits is interesting to you? Patent box claims can be very valuable to a UK busine
Are trade secrets lost when you are hacked?
There is an inevitability about cyber-attacks – they will happen to all of us, just ask the UK government. What will be lost when you are hacked? Trade secrets are very fragi
Moving into new markets? Is your Intellectual Property ready?
Expanding into new markets? Then consider your Intellectual Property position.
How important is intellectual property to business?
Your Business Intellectual Property needs to be relevant for your stage of development and the type the competitive marketplace you operate in.
Do investors care if we don’t own our Intellectual Property (IP)?
Having IP is important to investors as it provides confidence that there are barriers to competitors copying your business.
Does Intellectual Property help business grow?
Intellectual Property can help a business to protect competitive advantage, defend market share and support growth.
What are trade secrets? Does my company need trade secrets?
Trade secrets are one of your most valuable IP rights yet most companies have not taken simple steps to identify, value and protect them You don't really have trade secrets until y
Do I really need a trademark?
Trademark registration depends on your business objectives for that trademark: For example do you envisage that you will be trading in France in the next five years?
Is Patent Box only for engineering companies?
Engineering companies do benefit from the Patent Box, but so do companies in a range of other sectors.
