Intellectual Property Protection
July 2011
Do you know what IP you have in your business and whether you are protecting it?
IP is ideas, knowhow and the way they are expressed and used.
You have IP in the clever ways in which you provide services to your customers and in the brands and brochures you use.
IP exists in many things not just inventions and scientific or artistic applications.
If you have IP in your business then you should know what it is, protect it and use it to your benefit. You need to actively protect it from being lost or stolen by employees or competitors.
100% protection is difficult, but there are many things you can do.
I can assist you with:
There are other methods too. The important thing is to know your own business and understand how best to protect your IP.
John Graves
Principal
Bradfield & Scott Lawyers
Level 1, 175 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Telephone: 9233 7299
Email: jgraves@bradscott.com.au
IP is ideas, knowhow and the way they are expressed and used.
You have IP in the clever ways in which you provide services to your customers and in the brands and brochures you use.
IP exists in many things not just inventions and scientific or artistic applications.
If you have IP in your business then you should know what it is, protect it and use it to your benefit. You need to actively protect it from being lost or stolen by employees or competitors.
100% protection is difficult, but there are many things you can do.
I can assist you with:
- an audit to identify what IP you have;
- checking shareholder, employee and contractor agreements and adding IP protections;
- looking at other IP protections such as registrations of trademarks;
- use of confidentiality arrangements with suppliers.
There are other methods too. The important thing is to know your own business and understand how best to protect your IP.
John Graves
Principal
Bradfield & Scott Lawyers
Level 1, 175 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Telephone: 9233 7299
Email: jgraves@bradscott.com.au
