Intellectual Property

The Final Question

So how can gumption help?

The first thing to do is to familiarise yourself with the content of our second IP page (it's FREE). Understand the general concepts of copyright and trade marking, etc.

Secondly, please contact us (that's FREE too) to find out where & when the next IP event is being held in your area. If there isn't one, maybe we'll organise one.

Thirdly, we have a consultancy service available where we'll carry out a full diagnosis of your business needs and indicate how best to protect & maximise

your IP within a proper business development setting, and with regard to your budget. That's not FREE, but is very good value. It's all very relative, of course!

Finally, only use an IP practitioner that truly specialises in IP. Most solicitors don't and please don't be too impressed by the fancy blurb on their web site.

Brass From Gumption is about helping entrepreneurs capture, protect & exploit their most valuable asset - their know-how.

Making money from accumulative business activity is often over-looked, misunderstood or ignored.
However, intellectual property (or IP) is key to most business success and can be sold (or assigned) like any other product & service.

Most businesses and some business support organisations are not familiar enough with how IP fits in to general business development and what can be done to minimise disputes and maximise opportunities.
Brass From Gumption aims to redress this.

We won't go into detail about the ins & outs of IP on this web site. There are a number of organisations listed on our links page who are better equipped to do this. We will though, help to make it relevant to you.

2 Common Questions
So what's it all got to do with me?
Ever use an outside contractor or designer?
Employ staff?
Have a brand or logo?
Use the internet for information?
Built a database?
Have products or services?
Being innovative?
Then it's got everything to do with you.

Isn't this legal stuff expensive?
Well, it depends on what you're doing.
If you're into lengthy negotiations and detailed contracts for licensing a product to a blue chip company, then maybe costs will add up. And if this is the case, don't be intimidated by sharp-suited solicitors or patent attorneys. They're tradesmen too! Ask for a quote as you would a plumber or a joiner and they should do their best to help and guide you (with disclaimers & get outs of course!). All costs can then be set against the projected benefits.
But for most people or companies, looking after IP matters can be pretty straight forward and is usually just a matter of knowing what to do. This makes it either free or relatively low cost.
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