The Importance of Legally Protecting New Ideas

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The Importance of Legally Protecting New Ideas
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Why should new ideas be legally protected?

• What reasons can you come up with?
• What could happen if an idea is not legally
  protected?

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The Facts

• If you dont protect your work, someone else may
  walk away with the profits you should have had!
• Securing and protecting ideas are essential for a
  companys success.
• There are several different types of legal
  protection.

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How to avoid your ideas being stolen before
obtaining intellectual property

• If you come up with an idea, make sure you keep
  it a secret.
• Get all people involved to sign a confidentiality
  agreement before allowing them to gain
  information about the idea.
• Keep all important hard copies of information
  locked away safely.
• Protect all work stored on an IT system from
  lapses in security and IT system failures.

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Sources of information

• For a company that is just starting out, getting
  intellectual property can seem like a complex
  task however, advice is available at
• The Trade Association Forum
• and
• The UK Patent Office