Commercial Intellectual Property
- Level(s) of Study: Professional / Short course
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Course Fee:
Available at no cost to eligible individuals (see criteria below).
* - Start Date(s): Various, see dates below
- Duration: Morning seminar (3 hrs) or noon webinar (4 x 1 hr)
- Study Mode(s): Short course
- Campus: City Campus
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Entry Requirements:
More information
Introduction:
Please note: This course is delivered through the Priority Skills for D2N2 SMEs project, which is part funded by the European Social Fund. Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is pleased to offer free (fully funded) places on this course to support employees of small and medium businesses that are based in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire.
Nottingham Law School, jointly with our award winning law firm NLS Legal Limited, are pleased to offer a series of short seminars to build your knowledge of Intellectual Property. These will introduce you to Intellectual Property, explore how to protect your IP and avoid pitfalls, and finally look at how to commercialise your IP. You can choose to come on one, all or a selection of the different modules depending on your knowledge and needs.
The seminars will be delivered either on a morning at Nottingham Law School over three hours or, if there is demand, as a series of four, one hour-long lunchtime webinars across a one month period.
What you’ll study
Intellectual Property (IP) can play an important role in any business, from those just starting out to more established companies. Early engagement with Intellectual Property can help to avoid problems later down the line and can even help to capture and capitalise on valuable rights you may otherwise miss.
Every week there are new stories about copyright, trade marks, designs and patents and our course aims to help you understand these rights and know your Cuthberts from your Colins! This series of modules is intended to demystify Intellectual Property and help you identify the different IP rights in the work you are doing, the steps you can take to protect your IP and the importance of doing so.
Throughout this course you will gain valuable understanding of the different Intellectual Property rights and how to make them work for you. You will gain valuable skills and an awareness of the value and importance of Intellectual Property.
The course will be interactive in nature with presentations, activities and Q&As to help you understand the different issues being discussed. The sessions are designed to encourage discussion and we welcome participation. There will also be plenty of opportunity to ask questions both during and after the main part of the seminar.
How you’re taught
Below you'll find an outline of each module we offer as part of this course:
Please note, each of these modules has a different date and you can choose to do all, some or one as suits you.
You can apply to any of the below modules here.
Entry requirements
To be eligible to apply for a place on this course you must be employed by a small or medium business (under 250 employees) in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire.
No previous qualifications or experience is needed to access this course.
If you have any queries about this course, please email: nlslegalevents@ntu.ac.uk
If this course is of interest but you or your company do not meet the eligibility criteria for a funded place, please contact us to find out about dates for other occurrences.
Fees and funding
This course is available at no cost to eligible participants.