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Intellectual Property

Within your business or practice, you'll create a wealth of ideas, designs, music, writing, images – in short, 'intellectual property' - which can make you extra money, as long as you give it the proper legal protection.

Visit Own-it - Intellectual Property Advice Service for Creative Businesses- for a range of resources about managing, protecting and exploiting your IP.

Other useful organisations that deal with IP issues can be found below.


ACID

ACID (Anti Copying In Design) is a hard-hitting action group committed to fighting copyright theft. ACID's powerful logo has become an internationally recognised symbol of deterrence - actively helping to protect its members from the potentially devastating financial damage inflicted by copyright infringement.
w: www.acid.uk.com

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DACS

The Design and Artists Copyright Society Limited (DACS) is the copyright and collecting society for visual artists in the UK. It is an independent non-profit making Society open to all artists and photographers irrespective of the artistic discipline in which they practise, or whether they are famous or commercially successful.
w: dacs.org.uk

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Design Protect

Membership-based service, offering designers everything they need to be able to protect and manage their work simply & cost-effectively.
w: www.designprotect.com

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IPR helpdesk

European Laws
w: www.ipr-helpdesk.org

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Institute of Patentees and Inventors

The Institute website is not only about intellectual property rights but also topics as diverse as originality searching, manufacturing practices, pricing practices, presentation techniques, funding and other subjects relating to the exploitation of an invention.
w: www.invent.org.uk

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Intellectual Property Office

Responsible for Intellectual Property (Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks) in the UK
w: www.ipo.gov.uk

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