"Confidence to Innovate: know your intellectual property" - Free Seminar in Birmingham, 14 March 2018

Jane Lambert

The Intellectual Property Office will hold a free seminar on intellectual property at the iCentrum in Birmingham between 08:30 and 12:00 on Wednesday 14 March 2018. The full name of the seminar is
Confidence to Innovate: know your intellectual property and you can register through Eventbrite.

According to the Eventbrite page, the seminar will show "how intellectual property underpins innovation and why strategic management of intellectual property assets is vital for business growth." The event is intended to inform business owners and their professional advisers.   

There will be speakers from the Department for International Trade which has an office in Birmingham, the law firm Browne Jacobson, patent agents Barker Brettell, Midlands Innovation which represents 8 local universities and the Intellectual Property Office itself.

The full address of the venue is

iCentrum
Innovation Birmingham Campus
Faraday Wharf Holt Street
Birmingham
B7 4BB

For further information call Emma Richards at the Intellectual Property Office on 0300 300 2000.

DIT's Midland Engine Branded Trade Shows

Jane Lambert

Earlier today I blogged about Northern Powerhouse branded trade missions in IP Northwest and IP Yorkshire. I wondered whether there was anything similar for the Midlands Engine. It turns out that there is a Midlands Engine campaign page and that six trips have been arranged.  I have written about those missions in detail in Midlands Engine Trade Missions which you will find in my East Midlands blog.

In that article, I have reminded readers to take care in the handling of their trade secrets, that is to say not to disclose secret technical or commercial information except in confidence and to take care to make sure that any NDA or confidentiality agreements are governed by English law. I have also warned of some of the difficulties that can arise at international trade shows and where readers can get further information.

Should anybody wish to discuss any of these matters, call me on 020 7404 5252 during office hours or send me a message on my contact form.

Further Reading

The Midlands Engine