Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
A franchise is one of the methods that a business may use in order to expand the reach of the business. The franchisor allows the franchisee to use the franchisee’s name (and typically systems and other assistance) in return for which the franchisee pays a franchise fee (usually a fixed management charge and then a [...]
Until recently, the Intellectual Property Office (“IPO”) would refuse to register a trademark application if a search of the trademark register revealed a trademark that was conflicting or very similar to the trademark being applied for. Now, the IPO does not carry out such a search and will only refuse to register a trademark if [...]
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Do you own the intellectual property in your logo, designs and website content? Are you sure?? Suzanne Dibble of Lawyers4Mumpreneurs explains how to ensure your content and ideas are protected. A lot of people assume that just because they pay a designer to create designs or a logo or a copywriter to create content, that they therefore [...]
You may have a successful business, a fantastic product or a sought-after service – but how safe is your business idea and when should you start to think about protecting it? Here Trademark Attorney Aaron Wood gives you an overview of Wood’s 5W’s of IP – What, Why, When, Who & Where? A successful business [...]
