Linking new and creative ideas with a clear intellectual property strategy is the key to success for design businesses with dynamic products to expose to the consumer market. Knowing your key market and the ways in which your product will be used, as well as how, when and where to patent or register your designs or where to go for investment are all important factors for any inventor or product designer.
This Own-It event in collaboration with IEA (Innovative Enterprise Action) and Ideas 21 takes place on World Intellectual Property Day and will cover:
Speakers:
Harry Karaolou
Harry Karaolou is a lawyer at Bevan Brittan, a leading law firm developing innovative legal solutions across a number of sectors, public and private. The firm’s work in rapidly-changing, high-profile areas has enabled it to develop the adaptability, energy, skills and attitude to deal with some of the most challenging and interesting legal and commercial issues of the day.
http://www.bevanbrittan.com
Mark Sheahan, MD CompGen Ltd
Mark is a multi-award-winning serial inventor who will talk about his experiences and how he has had to develop the skills necessary to successfully negotiate a fair deal.
The novel concept is a new form of easy to open container. It is senior-friendly because it involves applying only gentle pressure to the lid to open it, while closing the container, by simply lightly pressing the lid to seal it, is equally as stress-free. Mark specialises in easy-open, tamper-evident, child-resistant and dispensing closures for the packaging industry. Mark has not only designed, developed, patented and sold products but has also had his inventions taken up by major packaging producers, via licensing and evaluation and option agreements, in the USA, Japan and the UK.
http://www.squeezeopen.com
Julie Ray, Microsoft
Julie is a 17-year Microsoft veteran, having started with the company in 1990 as a technical support technician. She’s had a variety of roles within the company, and has found her passion in communities and the vast potential they hold. She is now leading a new community effort called Voices for Innovation, a global community for people who are dependent on advances in technology in order to be able to innovate and compete successfully. Supported by Microsoft, Voices for Innovation offers free membership and is not confined to representatives from the IT industry. The aim is to make voices from across all industries heard by people who help shape the business environment, for the mutual benefit of the IT community, business and industry, and ultimately the economy.
Partners
IEA (Islington Enterprise Action)
Ideas 21
Bevan Brittan LLP
