Ben Appleton will be delivering an intellectual property seminar the Coventry and Warwickshire Business Festival on Monday 27^th November 2017 alongside Brian More, Director for Intellectual Property Commercialisation at Coventry University.

The free half-day session entitled Your Business, Your Intellectual Property, Your Future, is recommended for any SMEs and start-ups in the region that are involved in R&D or innovation and will explain how you can add value to your business by identifying and protecting your intellectual property.

The session will cover:

• Trademarks, patents, design rights, copyright and trade secrets
• Advice on how to identify hidden commercial value in IP, and using IP for raising capital for business growth
• Implications of BREXIT on IP & accelerated channels
• Accelerated routes like the UK Green Channel and the EU PACE arrangements, with an explanation why this is recommended
• Case Study – importance of prior IP searching before registration is one of the valuable lessons learnt here, along with using the professional expertise of trademark and patent attorneys
• Funding available to support IP protection
• Q&A

For more information and to register your place at this free event, visit: https://cwbusinessfestival.ticketleap.com/your-business-your-ip-your-future/details