The IP Edit
Kirstie Penk
CEO and co-owner @ The Legal Director | Providing flexible legal services for ambitious businesses
For our first edition of TLD Insights, we've curated content for friends and followers of TLD on all things related to IP law...
What is Intellectual Property - And Why is it Important to SMEs?
Ninety-nine percent of businesses in the EU are SMEs and yet alarmingly, fewer than one in 10 are using IP to protect their intangible assets.
Client Legal Director, Samantha Lansbury, explains why smaller businesses should be capitalising on this undervalued resource and shows us where to begin.
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Considering Copyright
Establishing copyright early is important if, as an ambitious SME, you want to build your brand's value right from the start. Client Legal Director, Charlie Strickland, talks us through the common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
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Learning from the Big League
Small but mighty: Client Legal Director Nick Blackbourn shares some of his vast knowledge gathered working in global heavyweights like Guinness and shows how small businesses can learn useful lessons from industry giants.
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Non Disclosure Agreements
Sophie Freeman is TLD's resident IP expert. With a particular interest in Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), she works with Equity and theatrical agents to help protect actors against the unreasonable, aggressive NDAs issued by powerful production companies.?
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Listen to the podcast from IP expert Sophie Freeman or read her blog on best practice for NDAs here.
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Intellectual Property and AI
Are you interested or concerned about AI? The recent SAG-AFTRA strike proves that many actors and performers are. From casting couch to final cut, AI is putting actors’ and performers’ digital rights at risk. Sophie unpicks the story behind the strike in this industry spotlight.
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IP Pitfalls
Every company has intellectual property assets, but all too often, mistakes occur and businesses fail to exploit, or even worse, protect these valuable assets.
Writing in Startups Magazine, Client Legal Director, Charlie Strickland, flags up the top five IP pitfalls to avoid.
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?? A Guide to Getting Started
And to round off our first newsletter, we're sharing our updated Intellectual Property Guide. Giving you hints and tips to protect your valuable IP assets no matter what stage your business is in, it provides practical support to get you started.
If this newsletter has given you food for thought and you're keen to maximise the value of your IP assets, get in touch on [email protected] or give us a call on 020 3053 8613.
Look out for The GDPR Edit coming next...
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