Ownit Creative London Intellectual Property Advice Service
25-10-2004
Own It event template
Event title:
“Protecting your work in the fashion industry†– exactly what do you own?
Event date and time:
07.12.04, 5 – 7 pm.
Event location:
Rootstein Hopkins Space,
Number of places:
112
Outline of the event: (50 to 100 words)
(Please give a general sense of the issues addressed by the talk, why these are important and to whom, and how the talk will answer the issues.)
Fashion works on original ideas, influences, knock offs and copies, and fashion designers show their work in a variety of ways and to different clients including press, buyers, agents and manufacturers. This Own It event will discuss what you need to protect once you take your work beyond the cutting table and studio walls.
Speaker name/job title/company/company website:
Please add any relevant profile info eg any books by the speaker, media appearances, particular expertise etc etc
Our expert speaker for this event is Margaret Briffa of IP law firm Briffa (www.briffa.com)
Margaret and her firm have been involved in many key fashion design law cases, and she is co-author of ‘Design Law’, Published by The Law Society in 2004.
Event sponsors or co-organisers:
Creative people require easy access intellectual property (IP) advice, information and knowledge so that they know how to protect and exploit their intellectual assets, develop and add commercial value to their businesses.
Creative people often don’t know what intellectual property is, how it can benefit their practice and where to get the correct and affordable information from. Added to the general ignorance of the subject is a fear of lawyers, costly lawsuits and anything deemed to be contentious – all of these issues often prevent creative people protecting and trading on what is legitimately theirs.
Own It, the Creative London Intellectual Property Advice Service, is a new service that offers free intellectual property advice, information and events for
The Own It website offers a range of services, from news and FAQs to email newsletters, as well as workshops and free-of-charge consultations with intellectual property lawyers.
Own It (www.own-it.org) is a pilot project developed by Creative London (www.creativelondon.org.uk) in partnership with The London College of Communication, (www.lcc.arts.ac.uk), part of The university of the Arts
Since Own It’s launch over 300 people have attended intellectual property events which have taken place at The Patent Office, The British Library, Nesta, colleges, design studios and Shoreditch pubs, and have covered IP subjects relating to photography, graphic design, product design, digital media, registration of design rights across Europe, patenting and patent searching.
The response to Own It has been incredibly positive and feedback comments include
“ Really informative and enjoyable, congratulations on a great event, excellent to see that this support is availableâ€
“Enlighteningâ€
“What a great opportunityâ€
“Can we have something like this in the North of England please!â€
“Great discussion – have learnt so muchâ€
Own It is working with the following partners in order to deliver specialist intellectual property support to the creative industries,
Artquest Association of Independent Music Association of Photographers British Music Rights British Design Initiative Briffa Intellectual Property Lawyers British Library Chartered CM (Community Music) www.cmonline.org.uk ECCA – The | Ideas 21 London Development Agency Media Lex MCPS – PRS Music Publisher Association Music Tank Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Markets Producers Association for Cinema and TV (PACT) Patent Office University of the Arts |
For more information please contact Marice Cumber 020 7514 7985, info@own-it.org
