AI & IP: asking the questions
IPO CEO Tim Moss looks at how IP can best support AI innovation within the government’s National AI Strategy.
Innovation
IP-protected, gender-inclusive underwear? That’s Wilde!
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Imogen Percival, Posted on:
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Business, Copyright, Design, Inclusion and diversity, Innovation, Trade marks
Dundee-based designer, Deborah, creates bespoke pants for everyone from your youngest cousin to your grandad, selling clothes from sizes XXS to 6XL. Her business, Wilde Mode, creates underwear and accessories for everyone, ensuring her products are sustainable, sensory-friendly, vegan and cruelty-free as well as gender and size inclusive. She protects her designs from copycat products using intellectual property rights.
We spoke to Deborah about how she’s championing inclusivity and why it’s so important to her as a business owner.
British IP Day: spotlight on innovation and IP
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Daniel Guthrie, Posted on:
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Copyright, Design, Innovation, Patents, Trade marks
The Alliance for Intellectual Property (AIP) is a coalition of organisations representing creators and intellectual property (IP) rich businesses. AIP organises an annual British IP Day. Dan Guthrie, Director General of the AIP, tells us more about how the organisation …
Prize catch - Hookpod invention keeps seabirds safe
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Imogen Percival, Posted on:
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Business, Environment, Europe, Innovation, Patents, Trade marks
It’s not every day that a business finds a big gap in the market and creates a solution to a major environmental issue, but that’s exactly what Devon-based brothers Ben and Pete Kibel did.
Ben and Pete were nominated for a European Patent Office (EPO) Inventor Award in the SME category for their invention, Hookpod. Read more about how Hookpod protects thousands of seabirds a year.
Ten Top IP Tips for your SME business
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Dave Hopkins, Posted on:
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Business, Copyright, Design, Design right, Innovation, IPO, Licensing, Patents, Trade marks, Trade secrets
We share our Top Ten IP Tips for helping SMEs identify and make the most of the intellectual property assets they own.
All about you - the One IPO Transformation programme
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Debbie Cooke, Posted on:
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Business, Copyright, Design, Design right, Innovation, IPO, Patents, Trade marks
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched its 'One IPO' Transformation - a five-year programme to transform Intellectual Property (IP) services and enhance the value IPO adds to the UK economy. Debbie Cooke, Head of IPO’s Business Change Team, outlines how developing a world leading IP system can make the UK a more attractive place to invest and drive economic growth.
At a STEM career crossroads? Take the Patent Examiner route
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Kristian Crowshaw, Posted on:
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Inclusion and diversity, Innovation, IPO, Patents, Recruitment, STEM career
Most science-minded 16-21 years olds want to train as a vet, a doctor, a dentist or a teacher - job titles they are most likely to recognise through encountering them in everyday life. Hear how skills needed for these highly visible scientific professions have paved the way for some of IPO's Patent Examiners to achieve the roles they're in today.
The man who invented invention
As integral as Joseph Bazalgette was to London's sewer network, Bennet Woodcroft was to the UK patent system. Read how Woodcroft's 'underground' innovation helped shape the Patent Office of today.
Oh come let us adore...Christmas patents
We're spreading some Christmas cheer by sharing a selection of our favourite, weird and wonderful Christmas patents.
Ignition Beer – how IP sparked a social enterprise
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Dan Anthony, Posted on:
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Business, Inclusion and diversity, Innovation, Trade marks
How does a social enterprise like Ignition Beer set themselves apart from other brands? We explore the ethos behind the business and how their trade mark has become a symbol for their unconventional journey.
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