Small firms to get intellectual property health checks

Intellectual Property audits are to be offered to small businesses, Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks has announced.

Up to 40 small firms, many of whom have never before sought to protect their valuable intellectual property, will benefit from a 3-day 'IP audit' being pilotted from March by the Patent Office in collaboration with four Regional Development Agencies.

The pilots form part of a new Innovation Support Strategy, designed by the Patent Office to help UK business re... (546 more words)

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