Hello all,

We have recently been in discussion with Cally Robson from 'She is Genius' -
http://www.shesingenious.org/ They provide information, advice and support for women interested in innovation. I believe that she has worked with the BL and we are interested in working with her in the future.

Thanks,
Matthew
Birmingham Patlib

Ideas 21 Innovation Calendar

The Ideas 21 Innovation Calendar is the ideal place to publicize your IP related events - simply register and start listing!

http://www.innovationcalendar.co.uk/login

PATLIB conference Sofia - presentations

The presentations from PATLIB 2009 which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria 20 - 22 May are now available via the EPO web-site:

http://www.epo.org/about-us/events/patlib2009/training.html?update

The conference was attended by representatives from the PATLIBs in London, Leeds and Manchester - a fuller report will appear here in the next few days.

PATLIB UK - now available on twitter

We are experimenting with a PATLIB UK twitter - please let us know what you think - details below:

Follow & be followed, join us www.twitter.com/patlibuk

If you're new to Twitter, Twitter news, resources & how-tos are here: http://bit.ly/mashtwit

7 Ways to Approach Twitter - http://bit.ly/oLwoY

"Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)" - http://bit.ly/13BnCC

Plymouth PATLIB : "Meet the Inventors"

To celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, Plymouth PATLIB are organising an event called Meet the Inventors on Thursday 30 April from 2-3.30.

It's a drop in session for the public so that they can discuss inventions and patents with people who have been through the process.

At the same time, Plymouth PATLIB are organising a Cracking Ideas event for a local school. The class will be coming in to meet the inventors and then get to play the games on the Cracking Ideas website as well as learn something of the world of inventions and innovation.

Posted on behalf of Diana Bale Plymouth PATLIB

editors note: Diana Bale will retire on the 8th May and would like to post the following message:

" I've enjoyed working with intellectual property very much. It's given me the chance to meet so many interesting members of the public but more particularly the members of PatLib. I'll miss it and all of you.

Goodbye and all the best "

Copyright in Photography - a brief guide to UK copyright in photography.

Booklet available FREE from Leeds PATLIB written by Ged Doonan, Business & Patent Information Services. http://bapisleeds.blogspot.com/2009/03/copyright-in-photography-brief-guide-to.html



Also available Copyright in Music. http://bapisleeds.blogspot.com/2008/09/copyright-in-music.html

If any PATLIB members would like copies in PDF, just contact Ged or Stef - Email: piu@leeds.gov.uk Tel: 0113 2478266

BIPC IP Links

For all of us that were missing the British Library BIPC IP Links - the good news is that they have been reinstated - you will find them here!

Patents:

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/socsci/intprop/ippatents/ippatdata/databases.html

Trademarks:

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/socsci/intprop/tradmk/iptmdatabses/databases.html

Designs:

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/socsci/intprop/ipdes/ipdesdata/databases.html

I will add them to the list of useful links too!