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How not to get ripped off: Enforcing and Protecting Your Intellectual Property
StumbleUponBeing copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy or makes money from work that is rightfully yours.
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This seminar will offer a basic guide to the law, covering the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights.) There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
'Well paced session, helpful information, not long enough but got a good idea and better understanding of Intellectual Property issues.' Delegate in May 2008
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Tim Harris, Bird & Bird
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