Plymouth hosts PATLIB UK AGM

Plymouth was the venue for this years AGM and training day which took place on the 17th and 18th November.
Maria Lampert of the BIPC was re-elected as Chair for another 2 years.

Intellectual Property: New Database: IP Advantage from WIPO

ResourceBlog Article: Intellectual Property: New Database: IP Advantage from WIPO

WIPO has launched IP Advantage, a new database which profiles the intellectual property (IP) experiences of inventors, creators, entrepreneurs, and researchers. This tool aims to promote a better understanding of how IP is created and protected, and how inventors, creators and society at large benefit from the IP system. Read more.....

Looking after Number One: Panel Discussion

Looking after Number One: Panel Discussion from Manchester Libraries on Vimeo.
A question and answer session about music copyright with expert advice from John Robb, writer and Goldblade frontman. Joining John is Nigel Gardner, music specialist and director at Cobbetts plus Ged Doonan, patent librarian at Leeds City Libraries and Matt Wheelton from the band Zap Zap Zap.

This was a free event hosted by Manchester Libraries at City Library, Manchester on August 25 2010.

This is quite a long video because the panel offered so much useful information and advice for young bands and songwriters we didn't want to leave any out!

The Punch:: UK library plans network of business help

The Punch:: UK library plans network of business help

A national network offering entrepreneurs support in researching, developing and protecting innovative business ideas, including access to patent and intellectual property data, is being planned by the British Library, according to a report from London by the Financial Times.......read more
 
Mark Prisk announces new business advisory service

The British Library's successful Business & IP Centre is to be rolled out, commencing in one of the UK's most hard-hit regions.....Read More

AEM Yorkshire Intellectual Property Event - 16th September, Rotherham

Protecting Your Ideas and Inventions 15/9/10 at the Central Library, Leeds

Register here: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/whyuse/events/events-calendar/events-pyi-leeds.htm

Inventing the 21st Century

The British Library will be hosting a free exhibition on British inventions of the last decade.
Inventing the 21st Century will be on display in the Folio Gallery at St Pancras from the 6 September to the end of November. Steve Van Dulken will be curating it. The British Library will be publishing a book, also called Inventing the 21st Century, at the same time. Coverage within the book will be international with 50 stories on modern inventions. covering issues of interest and concern in everyday lives.

Further information can be found at http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/Inventexh/inventingthe21stcentury.html