tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65670608660091138962024-03-13T03:25:40.903-07:00PATLIB UKMaria Lamperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16886996283873493277noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-42077638002671663942016-05-06T02:52:00.004-07:002016-05-06T02:52:48.700-07:00To e or not to e? Its not even a question!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I would love to consider myself a jet
setter but I am really not. Yet here I
am again stuck on an airplane (the 4th of 9 this month). This one however is slightly different as I
am on my way home from the PATLIB2016 conference that has been held in the
beautiful city of Helsinki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I'm sat on a plane cruising along at
36,000ft I can't help but think about intellectual property. Whether it's the patents in the wing keeping
us aloft, the branding of the cola I'm drinking or the copyright in the movie I
am watching on my pad, It is almost literally everywhere. I am one of those who takes my job home with
me and like nothing better than to lecture my friends on the ethics of illegal
downloading or spotting the incorrect reference to IP on a well-known super
hero movie (shame on you Pepper). Anyway I digress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have only been working closely with the
Patlib network for around 12 months but cannot help but be impressed with what
service is offered, especially on such small budgets. The conference was a good
way to close up my first year in my role as the IPO's liaison to the network as
it allowed me to see how great a job the Patlib UK network</span> does with such tight constraints placed on
them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There was a theme of
digitalisation that run through much of the conference which kicked off with an
interesting keynote from Taneli Tikka talking about the industrial Internet and
the future of technology including the use of water less showers (isn't that's
what students do already?). <o:p></o:p></div>
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As we moved through
the conference it was clear that the need for Patlibs and national offices to
have a strong online presence has never been more important. Everyone knows that if a question needs answering Google will provide an answer. The problem is that it wont just provide one answer. There will be loads of organisations and lots of sites all offering the same help and advice. The truth for businesses and business advisers alike is that to succeed you need to stay ahead of the game. <br />
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With the relaunch
of this blog and most UK Patlib centers having received Social Media training I
am pleased to say that the UK is pushing ahead when it comes to being online and we are once again leading
the way among Patlibs throughout Europe.<br />
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That being said there is always more than can be done. Business
support organisations, like the businesses we advise, need to continually
innovate to stay ahead of the game or run the risk of being consigned to
history like the dinosaurs or Chesney Hawkes. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Andrew Reith<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14727483877043951695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-86284711053235806702015-10-31T08:47:00.000-07:002015-10-31T08:47:02.146-07:00We've Got A New Logo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well after much deliberation, perspiration and a few tears (OK well maybe that was just me!) PATLIB UK has a new logo.<br />
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Our new logo says right up front what we are all about. Hopefully it will start to get itself noticed in all the right places as a badge of quality in the intellectual property field.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An exhibition tracing the history of trademarks and patents which showcased material from Belfast Central Libraries archives and current business resources which ran from April 2015 - June 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">June 2015</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14727483877043951695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-66512687363174221152014-08-14T02:00:00.001-07:002014-08-14T02:00:13.226-07:00The Commonwealth Came to Glasgow<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Glasgow
was buzzing and the medal winners were amazing but it </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">wasn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> all about the
sport or indeed the legacy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Branding
and sponsorship has in these Games as it did in the London Olympics and indeed
in every modern major sporting event played a vital part. To see the beginnings of modern sports
sponsorship you have to go back to 1852 when a marketing-savvy agent for the <st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:city>
and Montreal Railway sponsored the Yale v Harvard Boat Race in order to promote
the railroad to the spectators (</span><a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2002/05/harvard-yale-boat-race-t.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Harvard Magazine
May-June 2002</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">). Kodak was one of the first companies to offer
sponsorship to the International Olympic Committee in 1896 in return for an
advertisement in the programme of the first modern Olympics held in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Athens</st1:place></st1:city>. Their sponsorship indeed lasted until 2008
when the company decided to refocus its marketing strategy (</span><a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKWEN164520071012"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Reuters Oct 12 2007</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">One
of the first major moves of the </span><a href="http://www.glasgow2014.com/about-us/team/board"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glasgow Commonwealth Games Organising
Committee</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">
was to create a trademark prior to their successful bid for the Commonwealth
Games XX. To date the committee has </span><a href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmownerid/search?domain=1&id=298299&app=1&name=glasgow+2014&postcode="><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">fourteen trademarks</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> registered with the
Intellectual Property Office and one more which is under examination which
appears not only on the merchandise being sold but has been inculcated into the
advertising of the </span><a href="http://www.glasgow2014.com/about-us/our-sponsors"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">sponsors</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> who donated varying
sums of money or goods in order to be associated with the Games and thereby
gain access to the worldwide audience which it is attracting. It is in effect a series of partnerships in
which each contributes something unique to itself and gains something which it
doesn’t have access to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sponsors of course then build a marketing campaign around their
involvement. </span><a href="http://www.agbarr.co.uk/ces_general.nsf/wpg/history-2010_to_2019.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A.G. Barr</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> the maker of our
“other national drink” (Irn Bru for the uninitiated) set aside £12m for their </span><a href="http://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/soft-drinks/ag-barr-launches-12m-marketing-campaign-in-run-up-to-glasgow-2014-commonwealth-games/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">multi-brand marketing</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> in the run up to the
Games. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://store.virginmedia.com/special-offers/commonwealth-games.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Virgin Media</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> on the other hand is
giving Games visitors a chance to race against </span><a href="http://about.virginmedia.com/press-release/9436/come-and-have-a-go-if-you-think-youre-fast-enough"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Usain Bolt</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – virtually that is
– in their engagement marketing campaign which will run for the duration of the
Games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.tunnock.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Tunnock’s</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> the manufacturers of
the teacakes which caused such a storm in the opening ceremony must be counting
every one of their £ well-spent when their </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28499415"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">sales rose by 62%</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> as the dancing
teacakes dominated the headlines and Twitter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is one of the reasons why the protection of the brand identity through logos
and trademarks is so important to the integrity of the partnership and is
indeed protected in law. You can’t have
a company paying (either in cash or in kind) for an association with such an
important worldwide event and then allow a non-contributing competitor to enjoy
the same association by displaying the Games trademarks or advertising their
products at the Games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
of course can lead to all sorts of problems such as ambush marketing – a
marketing technique in which advertisers work to connect their product with a
particular event in the minds of potential customers, without having to pay
sponsorship. One of the most awkward
moments of the 2010 FIFA World Cup was when 36 young women dressed in orange
mini skirts associated with the Dutch brewers <st1:place w:st="on">Bavaria</st1:place>
entered the stands and were swiftly ejected.
Two of the perpetrators according to a </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8743881.stm"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">BBC report</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> were arrested for organising
“unlawful commercial activities”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Brand
protection is a very complicated subject as Lord Coe found out shortly before
the London Olympics when he was reported as saying that spectators would not be
allowed to wear </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/20/coe-olympics-sponsorship-row"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">t shirts emblazoned
with Pepsi logos as Coca-Cola were one of the official sponsors</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">On
a lighter note my colleague’s boyfriend has had occasion to don one of the
Clyde costumes but she assured me that he wasn’t the real <st1:place w:st="on">Clyde</st1:place>
who accompanies the Queen’s baton. I had
a vision of a six foot thistle man waking up early on Christmas morning to find
a rotund gentleman with a long white beard and dressed in a red suit at the
bottom of his bed greeting him with the words: “The real <st1:place w:st="on">Clyde</st1:place>
I presume. How do you do I’m the real
Santa.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-22685916564574057432014-04-22T04:17:00.001-07:002014-04-22T04:17:25.723-07:00Greetings from the Library of Birmingham. This is the next posting in our series of updates from the PATLIB UK Network. This time we hear from the team at the fantastic new Library of Birmingham.<br />
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Here in Birmingham we are still overwhelmed by the number of visitors to the new library. Some are just tourists who visit the building to experience the views over the city and surrounding areas, many visit to use the internet facilities, and of course, there are those seeking business and intellectual property advice and our other services. The daily Intellectual Property Advice sessions are proving extremely popular and are usually fully booked ten days in advance. We are now offering an additional evening appointment on Fridays at 18.00.<br />
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We ran a very successful evening on the 25th February, when we hosted the Inspiring Entrepreneurs event, in conjunction with the British Library. The live link up was preceded by a talk by local entrepreneur and TV presenter, Genelle Aldred, who provided an insight into her own personal success story and some practical advice on starting a business. Sixty seven people attended on the night and many enjoyed a networking session afterwards. Both Barclays, who sponsored the event, and Business and Learning had information stands within the networking area. We talked to a great number of people on the night, many who commented that they didn't realise that the library offered such a range of services!<br />
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We are currently planning our events to celebrate World IP Day. The day itself falls on Saturday 26th April. However, we are preparing to deliver two IP workshops on Monday 28th April. The first, focussing on ‘IP and your Business’, to cover trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and design, aimed at business start ups, the second to look at patents and patent searching. We will then offer drop in IP advice sessions in the afternoon for those with further questions. Busy times!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-13480945034575046132014-03-31T08:49:00.003-07:002014-03-31T08:49:40.543-07:00Post from the Outgoing Chair of PATLIB UKToday's posting is a much belated post (blame the current chair not the outgoing one!) by Maria Lampert the outgoing chair of PATLIB UK who has steered the ship for a number of very successful years and is now moving on to bigger and better things at the British Library.<br />
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Thank you to Maria for all her hard work, dedication, enthusiasm and for passing on the Pink Pig of Power!<br />
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She will be sorely missed, so without further ado I give you Maria.<br />
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When I was asked to write a post for the PATLIB blog as out-going Chair I thought great, I am sure I can find something to say. Well, the first attempt challenged War and Peace for length and the second wouldn’t have been out of place in one of those warts and all magazines! So, leaving out all the boring procedural bits (sighs of relief from everyone in PATLIB UK), and also leaving out all the ‘what happened’ at Conference stories (sighs of relief from anyone who has ever been at a PATLIB Conference with me!) I apologise in advance for my offering.<br />
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When I was asked to join the Patent Information Network (or PIN as it was known then) as the British Library’s representative what seems like a long time ago I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. What I found was a group of dedicated library staff from library’s up and down the UK all working to one end – to bring Intellectual Property information and, more importantly, understanding of intellectual property, to the general public. That hasn't changed.<br />
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The way we work has though, we've gone from patents on micro fiche and hard copy editions of the IPC with its accompanying Catchword Index, to desk top computers and CD-ROMs, and finally, to the many and varied electronic IP databases we have at our fingertips today. We had to train ourselves in all this new technology before we could help the public. Like swans calmly floating on the surface of a lake whilst furiously paddling underwater we try to keep abreast of the swiftly changing patent information landscape whilst confidently assisting our users on their journey to patent their inventions, or not as the case might be. The inventors that used and continue to use our facilities rely on us to help them not make that often costly mistake of trying to reinvent the wheel and I am sure you will agree that every inventor we have stopped from wasting time and money on an invention that already existed was and is as much a success as the ones we have helped take their ideas to grant.<br />
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What fun we have all had!<br />
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With so much intellectual property information being freely available via the internet the needs of our users have changed and what we have to offer our users has had to change to meet those changing needs. We now offer workshops and clinics and various guides and factsheets all written by PATLIB staff and, more recently, we are all branching out looking at ways to help the would be entrepreneur in setting up their business. The BIPC blue print roll out and the BIPC Wiki will go a long way to ensuring that we are all offering similar services to our users. The Standards and Constitution that all of the PATLIBs signed in 2007 now needs updating to allow for all of the changes in the way we work, the facilities we have to hand and what we are going to offer our users and I know the new Chair, Luke Burton, is already working hard on the amendments.<br />
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I think the signing of the Standards and Constitution in 2007 is one of my proudest moments as PATLIB Chair. Stef Stephenson from Leeds, Christine Brown from Manchester and I spent very many hours perfecting the document and we sent it out to all 13 PATLIBs, if I am honest, not really expecting every library to sign it but hopeful they would none the less. And they all did. The decision to band together and self regulate was a first for any PATLIB Network Worldwide and we were approached by the EPO PATLIB Committee who asked if they could have a copy of our Standards and Constitution with view to rolling a version of it out to the rest of the networks.<br />
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Other high points include the opening of PATLIB Cymru in Llandudno Junction and PATLIB Manchester hosting the PATLIB 2012 Conference. The speed networking event we held in the Renaissance Hotel during the conference was a first for many of our European PATLIB colleagues and was talked about for a long time afterwards. The visit to Man United’s Old Trafford football ground was a high point of the conference for all the footie fans. The low’s? Well, there weren't many except perhaps PATLIB Bristol withdrawing from the network.<br />
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I have truly enjoyed my time with PATLIB UK and am grateful for the help and support I have received from all of you, but a special mention has to go to Stef Stephenson without whose assistance my work as Chair would have been that much more difficult.<br />
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So I am handing over the responsibility for representing PATLIB London to my colleague Philip Eagle, who will I know bring a fresh viewpoint and fresh ideas to the network, and I am handing over the Chair to Luke Burton of PATLIB Newcastle from whom you can expect great things. I will still be working at the British Library and my contact details remain the same so you know where I am if you need my help at any time.<br />
In the words of another perhaps more famous Maria (yes, believe it or not there is one!) “So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, goodbye!”…….for now anyway.<br />
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Maria Lampert<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-52243663361383217072014-03-05T03:54:00.000-08:002014-03-05T03:54:32.626-08:00News from the PATLIB Network<span style="font-family: inherit;">Apologies to everyone for the delay in posting this article; we will make up for it with some extra postings in March so keep your eyes peeled!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This posting is a great piece written by Stephen McFarlane who is Information and Learning Service Manager for Libraries NI and is based in Belfast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a great example of the interest that intellectual property, and patents in particular, can hold for people working in diverse fields, not least of all local and family history. It also demonstrates the type of complete service that you can receive from a public library using a range of resources. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes patent information </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">isn't</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"> about the future
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asking for patent information about cast iron stable fittings and stalls he
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searched our historic hard copy collection and were able to emailed him scanned copies of the relevant U.K
patents taken out by James Musgrave in 1867, Patent 993- ‘Fittings for stables,
harness rooms, and cow houses’ and Patent 2698- ‘Improvements in stable, cow
house, and harness room fittings’. </span></span></div>
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the history of the Musgrave company, which primarily manufactured cast iron
heating stoves. They traded in Belfast from the early 1800s until the 1960s and
exported all over the world, the pre First World War German Empire being one of
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Bazaar, founded in 1840. This was a very successful company, particularly
during the 1860s Australian Gold Rush. When the company folded in 1925 Bill’s
great grandfather (who owned and trained Australia’s greatest ever steeplechase
horse, ‘Mosstrooper’) purchased the 2 ton stable fittings and stalls.</span></span></div>
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stable, 3 tie up stalls, 3 stall, tie up, water, feed and hay rack sections and
5 decorative cast iron horse heads. Some of the stall posts are embossed with
the Royal By Appointment and the Royal crest, along with mention of the
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by Bill. He has already started restoring the items by sand blasting them and
hopes to paint them and reassemble them for display in a purpose built
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for your welcome email and helpful advice, a pleasant change to receiving no
reply at all. You really have been to a lot of trouble and I really appreciate
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The advent of 2014 and a brand new year has found us in Aberdeen City Libraries welcoming the addition of two new premium sources to our selection of business electronic resources. Our Business Information Service is now privileged to be able to provide our users access to both Mint UK by Bureau Van Dijk and British Standards Online (BSOL). </div>
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I thoroughly enjoyed attending this month’s Business Training for PATLIBs course at the IPO Offices in Newport, Wales. We attendees were royally treated and made to feel very welcome. The course presenter, Uday Thakkar of the social enterprise company Red Ochre proved to be an excellent and entertaining speaker. Most certainly, I found the course contents to be relevant & informative and feel that they will prove very useful in assisting our enquirers. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-12170664005750096042013-04-18T07:45:00.001-07:002013-04-18T07:47:12.082-07:00Stephen Van DulkenPATLIB UK would like to offer our best wishes to Stephen Van Dulken of the British Library London who retired earlier this month - to say that he will be missed by us all is an understatement - he has been a great source of information and inspiration to all, with his encyclopaedic knowledge of patents and their history. <br />
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We are pleased to announce that the PATLIB2013 programme is now available and registration is open!<br />
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<br />Business & IP Centre Leedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046187375670332083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-30718279031407661662013-01-07T08:53:00.002-08:002013-01-07T08:53:37.568-08:00Consultation on the Implementation of Directive 2011/77/EU<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/term-protection/index_en.htm">Directive 2011/77/EU</a>, which was adopted in September 2011 extended the term of protection for performers and sound recordings from 50 to 70 years, the idea being that performers' protection was to be brought in line with that already afforded to authors. Also included in the Directive are provisions for the harmonisation of the copyright protection terms for co-written musical compositions that contain words. <br />
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<br />Business & IP Centre Leedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046187375670332083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-17576683555615471832012-08-28T05:41:00.001-07:002012-08-28T05:41:07.626-07:00PATLIB2012 opening session video 2012 PATLIB conference Manchester<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AuKQ1ClaW_g?fs=1" width="459"></iframe><br />
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Business & IP Centre Leedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046187375670332083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-8629961087833321852012-04-17T01:54:00.003-07:002012-04-17T04:24:00.668-07:00Launch of PATLIB Cymru in Mid WalesWorld Intellectual Property Day will be celebrated in Aberystwyth on April 26 with a training course run by PATLIB Cymru for local companies wishing to learn more about how to identify, protect and exploit their Intellectual Property Rights. PATLIB Cymru is the Welsh Government's Intellectual Property Information Centre, part of the Europe-wide PATLIB network.<br /><br />During the day a new PATLIB Cymru Outreach Centre will be launched as the Welsh Government and the National Library of Wales join forces to offer a PATLIB service in Mid Wales.<br /><br />The first PATLIB Cymru centre was opened last year at Llandudno Junction and the new outreach centre in Mid Wales will support the work of this centre and help make the most of Welsh ideas.<br /><br />Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Business , Enterprise, Technology and Science said:<br /><br />"This is an important project and will promote Welsh ideas and ensure that businesses and inventors have guidance to support them.<br /><br />"By working together the National Library and the Welsh Government can offer a valuable service in mid Wales. I hope now that individuals and businesses will take advantage of this service and access the support and guidance available to them."<br /><br />Monthly surgeries will be held at Y Bont, The Welsh Government's public area in Aberystwyth, and the National Library of Wales. The first surgery will be held on 10 May 2012 at the national Library. Further sessions will be held at Y Bont on 7 June and another at the National Library on 5 July 2012.<br /><br />Andrew Green, National Librarian of Wales added: <br /><br />"Intellectual Property is complicated and costly but very important to innovation and growth in Wales. Businesses will now be able to turn to this service for help and guidance and we look forward to hosting the first IP Surgery at the National Library on 10 May."<br /><br />The new outreach centre will provide access to Intellectual Property information and offers:<br /><br /><br /><ul><br /><li>A free enquiry service</li><br /><li>Access to free online IP databases</li><br /><li>Literature on various aspects of Intellectual Property</li><br /><li>Guidance on patent searching for those who are unsure where to start</li></ul><br /><p>PATLIB Cymru is part of the european Funded Business Innovation Project. If you are interested in attending the training day on April 26 at the Welsh Government Office in Aberystwyth, please register by contacting the Welsh Government Business Information Helpline on 03000 6 03000 or by emailing: <a href="mailto:businesssupport@wales.gsi.gov.uk">businesssupport@wales.gsi.gov.uk</a> </p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-36168070249143477882012-04-16T03:16:00.004-07:002012-04-16T03:46:23.236-07:00PATLIB Conference Manchester 2012<div align="left"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7JMNrd8zgQ/T4vyKMDeQEI/AAAAAAAAAJw/qzDo52Uu5-0/s1600/Manchester%2Bpatlibposter.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 202px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731941207607492674" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7JMNrd8zgQ/T4vyKMDeQEI/AAAAAAAAAJw/qzDo52Uu5-0/s320/Manchester%2Bpatlibposter.jpg" /></a> This years PATLIB conference is being held in Manchester from 30th May - 1st June 2012 and is a networking event for PATLIBs. The programme has been compiled with the aim of addressing issues that PATLIBs face in their daily work; delivering services beyond Patent Information, acquiring the right tools, and running a PATLIB centre successfully.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">At PATLIB 2012 you will hear speakers from PATLIB centres throughout Europe who will share their best practices and experiences.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://server1.icos.at/PATLIB2012/register1.php?lg=en">Registration</a> is now open</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-13790701295615298822011-12-16T07:46:00.000-08:002011-12-16T07:51:17.799-08:00BIS improves IP resources for business advisers<span class="625232516-14122011" style="color: black;">
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strategy unveiled last week by the Department for Business (BIS). </span><br /><br /><span class="625232516-14122011"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The
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<br />September 5, 2011 6:00 pm
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<br />Newcastle City Library
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<br />Launch of the Science of Success event series – part of the development of the first British Library Business & IP Centre outside London!
<br />Find out about the services available to help you develop your business or set up a new one
<br />Agenda:
<br />• Opening address from Newcastle City Council
<br />• Guest speaker, Dragon’s Den contestant Solvej Biddle
<br />• Presentation from Newcastle Science City
<br />• Networking with Newcastle City Library and British Library staff
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<br />For more details:
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<br />http://www.bipcnewcastle.co.uk/2011/08/business-ip-centre-newcastle-launch/
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-75916343746272556162011-06-22T04:42:00.000-07:002011-06-22T08:38:05.672-07:00New IPC for nanotechnology patents and inventions.The International Patent Classification (IPC) system has added a new class for specific uses of nanotechnology structures. Steve van Dulken of the British Library Research Service has written about the new IPC (B82Y) in <a href="http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/">his blog</a> which you can get to via the BL website or by putting 'Dulken blog' into the Google search engine.<br />
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Maria Lampert<br />
PATLIB LondonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-84187494015297219402011-06-21T05:55:00.001-07:002011-06-22T08:07:10.728-07:00Skills and tools for search services for PATLIB centres<div class="eventH1">the European Patent Academy has opened on-line registration for a distance learning course on "<b>Skills and tools for search services for PATLIB centres</b>" (OD23-2011). </div><div class="eventH1"> </div><div class="eventH1">Date</div><div class="epoEventLogoRight"> </div>Start: 15.07.2011<br />End: 16.12.2011<br /><h2 class="evh2">Location</h2>Distance learning, Germany<br /><h3 class="evh3">Organised by</h3><ul><li><a href="http://www.epo.org/about-us/office/academy.html" target="_blank" title="European Patent Academy">European Patent Academy</a></li></ul><h2 class="evh2">Working language(s)</h2>English<br /><h2 class="evh2">Description</h2><b>Distance learning - self-paced learning</b> <br />Developed alongside the co-operation pilot project on reorientation of patent information centres in blended form, a substantial part of the training is delivered in form of distance learning. E-learning modules and regular virtual classroom sessions will allow participants to acquire new skills, consolidate and broaden existing know-how in prior-art search and enable them to advise more comprehensively their clients. The first distance learning part of the course offers participants tutored exercises as well as practical hands-on sessions that will be conducted by experienced PATLIB and EPO experts. <br /><h3 class="evh3">Target groups</h3>PATLIB centres <br /><h2 class="evh2">Level of expertise</h2>Entry level <br /><h2 class="evh2">Medium</h2>Online training <br /><h3 class="evh3">Content</h3>Comprehensive e-learning modules on <br /><ul><li>identifying the technical problem</li><li>classification basics</li><li>patent applications</li><li>freedom to operate</li></ul>Regular virtual classroom sessions on <br /><ul><li> gist of invention</li><li> invention and classification</li><li> Espacenet</li><li> patent classification</li><li> TACSY and IPCCAT </li><li> Depatisnet, NPL</li><li> interpretation of search results</li><li> practical case-studies</li><li> data export from Espacenet, visualisation of results</li></ul><h3 class="evh3">Materials</h3>Optional training material will be made available in the form of e-learning modules and pdfs on the Academy's Learning Management System. There participants will also find all documentation and have a forum at their disposal for the exchange of information and experiences with participants and tutors. <br /><h3 class="evh3">Objectives</h3>After completion of the course you will <br /><ul><li> know how to find the gist of invention, how to associate invention with classification</li><li> have understood the functionalities of Espacenet, TACSY and IPCCAT and be able to apply appropriate strategies</li><li> be able to search in Depatisnet, non-patent-literature and be familiar with respective retrieval language</li><li> know the scope of "freedom to operate" searches</li><li> be familiar with the basic requirements for patentability</li><li> be able to draft an informative search report, based on the jointly agreed structure</li></ul><h2 class="evh2">Venue details</h2>Distance learning course<br /><h2 class="evh2">Contact</h2>European Patent Academy<br />European Patent Office<br />Landsberger Str. 30 <br />80339 Munich<br />Germany<br />Tel. +49-89-2399 5454<br /><a href="mailto:academy@epo.org">academy@epo.org</a><br /><h2 class="evh2">Reference</h2>OD23-2011<br /><h2 class="evh2">Registration deadline</h2>15.07.2011<br /><ul><li><a href="http://webserv.epo.org/projects/academy/academy_reg3p.nsf/frmAuthorisation?OpenForm" target="_blank">Online registration form</a></li></ul>Business & IP Centre Leedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046187375670332083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-74886185152599093522011-06-08T02:11:00.000-07:002011-06-08T02:17:40.238-07:00British Library Business Bootcamp<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_mfkiMFiYQ0/Te892cu4kLI/AAAAAAAAAJc/NwqUBk6QRRI/s1600/Bootcamp.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615775265989365938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_mfkiMFiYQ0/Te892cu4kLI/AAAAAAAAAJc/NwqUBk6QRRI/s320/Bootcamp.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><strong>The professionals:</strong> business bootcamp<br />Put together by experts and business owners, this two day bootcamp is designed specifically for sole traders in the professional services, from IT consultants, marketing freelancers to accountants. In times of recession, many people are setting up their own businesses, based on their professional skills.<br />The bootcamp will give you all the tools needed to grow your business beyond your existing client base. The content will be tailored to your key information needs based on the few questions that will be asked when booking.<br />This is an intense and effective way to spend your time which in the long-term will save you significant time and money. The content across both days covers all of the essential issues you are facing as a new business.<br />Along with practical exercises and inspirational presentations, you will receive a fact-file of research reports and guides to use afterwards. This information alone would cost in excess of £500.<br />The benefits of the bootcamp<br />• Meet with like-minded people </div><br /><div>• Understand how effective networking can boost your business</div><br /><div>• How to present a perfect pitch</div><br /><div>• Best practice look at financial viable models</div><br /><div>• Get information on professional service delivery from the experts</div><br /><div>• Discover more about how to refresh your business plan</div><br /><div>• Introductory guide to intellectual property</div><br /><div>• Develop a strategy to carry your business forward.</div><br /><div><br /><strong>Experts</strong><br />• <a href="http://www.johnnymartin.co.uk/" target="_blank">Johnny Martin</a> – get to grips with your finances with the no.1 small business numbers coach.<br />• <a href="http://www.shirlawscoaching.co.uk/" target="_blank">Nick Winton</a> – understand how to grow your client base and potential profits with clever strategy and lead generation.<br />• <a href="http://www.rasaru.com/" target="_blank">Rasheed Ogunlaru</a> – how you can learn to ‘be your brand’ and grow your profile with effective networking.</div><br /><div><br /><strong>Event details</strong><br />Who should attend? Anyone running a business which provides professional services</div><br /><br /><div>Place: British Library Business & IP Centre<br />Cost: £125</div><br /><div>How to Book: <a href="http://www.thebusinessbootcamp.org/profreg.html">Book your place online</a></div><br /><div><br /><strong>Event dates<br /></strong>Mon 13 June 2011, 09.30 - 20.00. </div><br /><div>Tues 14 June, 09.30 - 17.00<a title="http://www.bl.uk/bipc/workevents/profbootcamp.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/bipc/workevents/profbootcamp.html"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-85737612009039237332011-06-02T03:45:00.000-07:002011-06-02T16:01:54.984-07:00PATLIB Llandudno Junction<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pUCBbYQRmpI/TedqbUDwowI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Wp57QOa2DOY/s1600/IMG00032-20110317-1412.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613572478014104322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pUCBbYQRmpI/TedqbUDwowI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Wp57QOa2DOY/s320/IMG00032-20110317-1412.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Better late than never and with apologies to the team at PATLIB Llandudno Junction. Here are a couple of photos taken on 17th March 2011, the official opening of the new PATLIB.<br /><br />L to R<br /><br />John, Sadie, Nia and Dylan<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yvwynBzb_Qw/TedqU38S1-I/AAAAAAAAAIU/Y1Zn9_zR5J8/s1600/IMG00029-20110317-1347.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613572367387383778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yvwynBzb_Qw/TedqU38S1-I/AAAAAAAAAIU/Y1Zn9_zR5J8/s320/IMG00029-20110317-1347.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-227743397946363152011-06-02T03:38:00.000-07:002011-06-02T16:33:56.850-07:00UK Delegation PATLIB Conference 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LU8Sreelhbk/TegbFk9jC5I/AAAAAAAAAIs/Re02THVI-r4/s1600/2011%2B05%2B23_5271_edited-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LU8Sreelhbk/TegbFk9jC5I/AAAAAAAAAIs/Re02THVI-r4/s320/2011%2B05%2B23_5271_edited-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613766718152444818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r3cgGLZhCYA/TedoejjL9_I/AAAAAAAAAIM/3-p_jzg0-2k/s1600/UK%2Bdelegation.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613570334688802802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r3cgGLZhCYA/TedoejjL9_I/AAAAAAAAAIM/3-p_jzg0-2k/s320/UK%2Bdelegation.JPG" border="0" /></a> The UK Delegation to PATLIB Conference attending one of the plenary sessions. We are all together third row from the centre in the bottom left of the photograph.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">L to R; Stef Stephenson, Ged Doonan, Gail Mitchell, Chris Hunnings, Nia Roberts and Maria Lampert</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-32423239163272814672011-06-02T03:14:00.000-07:002011-06-02T03:36:10.290-07:00PATLIB Conference 23 - 25 May 2011The PATLIB Conference this year was a learning event with workshops, presentations, visits to various EPO departments and papers being presented in the plenary sessions.<br /><br />The Conference concentrate on three main themes: "tools", "IP matters" and "patent procedure" and delegates were able to choose from practical presentations and an increased number of hands-on training sessions.<br /><br />The PATLIB Conference Committee, of which I am a member, was responding to feedback from the 2009 and 2010 conferences where delegates requested more break-out sessions and hands-on training courses as well as a broader coverage of IP rights and news on patent policy. PATLIB 2011 is the first conference that has been adapted to address all of these requests.<br /><br />The intention is that all even years 2012, 2014, 2016 etc we will have the PATLIB conference as we know it. Conference, in these years, will be held in a different member state and it will be very much a networking event.<br /><br />In the intervening years, 2013, 2015 etc PATLIB Conference will be a 'learning event' and will take place at an EPO location.<br /><br />This years learning event ran very well and the feedback we have had so far from the delegates is positive.<br /><br />All of the presentations from the conference are now online and can be found at;<br /><br /><a title="http://www.epo.org/learning-events/events/conferences/patlib/programme/plenary.html" href="http://www.epo.org/learning-events/events/conferences/patlib/programme/plenary.html">http://www.epo.org/learning-events/events/conferences/patlib/programme/plenary.html</a> <a title="http://www.epo.org/learning-events/events/conferences/patlib/programme/breakout.html" href="http://www.epo.org/learning-events/events/conferences/patlib/programme/breakout.html">http://www.epo.org/learning-events/events/conferences/patlib/programme/breakout.html</a><br /><br />The representatives from PATLIB UK who attended were;<br />Chris Hunnings - PATLIB Plymouth<br />Nia Roberts - PATLIB Llandudno Junction<br />Gail Mitchell - PATLIB London<br />Maria Lampert - PATLIB London<br />Ged Doonan - PATLIB Leeds<br />Stef Stephenson - PATLIB Leeds<br /><br />Chris, Nia,Gail, Ged and Stef will be writing up their notes from the workshops they attended and we will be circulating them to all PATLIB UK members.<br /><br />MariaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567060866009113896.post-91301677338509208302011-06-02T02:55:00.000-07:002011-06-02T16:19:02.217-07:00Chris Brown Retirement<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YG2DYJ-wVbg/TegaDpHXhCI/AAAAAAAAAIk/W6YBJY-xLF4/s1600/2011%2B05%2B20_5420_edited-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YG2DYJ-wVbg/TegaDpHXhCI/AAAAAAAAAIk/W6YBJY-xLF4/s320/2011%2B05%2B20_5420_edited-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613765585396007970" border="0" /></a><br /><div><em>It was with great pleasure, and just a little sadness, that Stef Stephenson and I traveled to Manchester on 20th May to attend Chris Browns retirement party. We presented Chris with a gift from PATLIB UK, a Turquoise necklace and earring set , together with a spoof patent application put together by Ged. Both were greatly appreciated by Chris as were the cards containing the good luck messages from members of PATLIB UK.</em></div><br /><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><br /><div><em>Chris has always been a very a staunch supporter and active member of the network and did terms as Secretary and as Chair. Her support when I took over the Chair was invaluable and her presence at Conference and at the PATLIB AGM will be sorely missed.</em></div><br /><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><br /><div><em>Chris has asked me to pass on the following message to you all;</em></div><br /><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><br /><div><em>"I should like to express my gratitude to you all for the good wishes you sent for my retirement and the lovely gift - I will think of you whenever I wear them. My last day at work was made even more memorable by Maria and Stef who turned up just to make sure I was really going! The spoof patent, drafted by Ged, was the icing on the cake - he has definitely missed his way - should be writing for Private Eye.<br />I'm looking forward to emerging from the wallpaper stripping and decorating, which I'm currently in the middle of, in time for July 17th when I shall be doing a zip wire for a local charity over the waters in Salford Quays. If you would like to support or just have a laugh at the pictures afterwards this is the website </em><a title="http://www.justgiving.com/Chris-Brown10" href="http://www.justgiving.com/Chris-Brown10"><em>www.justgiving.com/Chris-Brown10</em></a><em>. The following day I shall be welcoming a Russian mother and child into my home for 10 days( assuming I have survived the zip wire relatively intact) as part of the Chernobyl Children's Project. So... fairly busy at the moment and then in November I'm hoping to visit my daughter who is travelling round Australia with her boyfriend. Quite a full year ahead to look forward to. Thanks once again to you all."</em></div><br /><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><br /><div><em>We wish Chris well for the future and just hope she remembers to hold on tight to that zip wire!</em></div><br /><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><br /><div><em>Maria</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1