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Working as part of the business outreach team I am used to spending lots of time on the road speaking to businesses.
Copyright protects many types of creative works, such as music, books, drawings, paintings, computer software and films. Copyright protection is automatic once something has been created and usually lasts for the lifetime of the author plus a further 70 years.
Working as part of the business outreach team I am used to spending lots of time on the road speaking to businesses.
The instantly recognisable image is not just a wonderful shot of Stonehenge - near where I grew up - it’s also the very first piece of content licensed through The Copyright Hub.
It’s quite disappointing when reading an article in the press that I see “Mr X has applied to patent his name” or “last year 3000 inventions were copyrighted in the UK”.
Live video streaming app Periscope is the hot new social media platform, and is predicted to transform the way we communicate online. But the repercussions for users should make us all wary of jumping in feet first.
If like me you are interested in family history, you might be a fan of Who Do You Think You Are? and similar programmes. Perhaps you've even signed up to some genealogy websites and started your own family tree.
It’s a question that we often ask as part of the IPO’s outreach team and it’s not always easy to answer.
When we think of great inventors, artists and writers a gallery of individuals parade through our imaginations.
January was an exciting month for the British Library. We launched Living Knowledge, a new vision setting out our strategy to guide us towards our 50 year anniversary in 2023.
For mediators, the job is an exercise in rescue, to rescue people from the courts and sometimes from themselves.
The PatLib UK network consists of 15 information centres (mainly libraries).
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