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Intellectual property


Produced by in association with David Fyfield at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Employment Tax
Guidance

Intellectual property


Produced by in association with David Fyfield at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Employment Tax
Guidance
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Intellectual property (IP) is a broad term which covers a wide variety of inventions, designs, creations and discoveries. It can include anything from a piece of software to the design of a product to a logo.

Some types of IP can be legally protected to prevent others from being able to use them. The main types of IP are:

PatentsThese give you the right to stop others making, using or selling an invention without your permission, giving you a monopoly for the duration of the patent. They are available for any invention which:
– is new
– involves an ‘inventive step’ (ie it must be something genuinely invented rather than something obvious to a person skilled in the field of technology concerned)
– is capable of industrial application, and
– does not consist solely of certain excluded matter (like a scientific theory or method for doing business
See the GOV.UK website for more information on patent registration
Design rightsThese protect the appearance of the whole or part of a design. You can register a design

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