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hi there let's spend a couple of minutes looking at two ways in which a business can protect its intellectual property we'll take a look at patents and copyright don't forget intellectual property whilst it's an intangible asset of a business for many businesses it's it's crucial having an advantage in how they do things or in their content or their brand is all part of creating value adding value and ultimately profits so it's important they protect if they can their intellectual property perhaps to maintain a unique selling point certainly to make sure that they maximize the returns on investment in that intellectual property and potentially also to reduce the threat of competition so two key ways in which this can be done one is patents now patents are actually quite difficult to get hold of to be protected by a patent your invention a business's invention has to be new it has to be genuinely innovative so not so obvious that other people with the knowledge of the subject could come up with it it needs to be capable of application and there was made and be able capable of being used and also there are certain exclusions that can't be protected by patents however whilst the patent process the application process is painstaking and fairly costly it's worth it if you can get that protection second area copyright and actually this is much more frequent more common particularly amongst businesses that involved that are involved in the creative process so media businesses publishing businesses design businesses and rather than with uh patents where you have to apply for them with copyright the protection is automatic and it lasts for 70 years after 70 years after the work has been created um widely used a widely used uh protection of content and original work and fairly easy uh to uh to seek legal redress if you find that somebody has breached copyright i mentioned just one more not not on the aqa specification but it's also worth just knowing about trademarks are another way of protecting intellectual property trademarks you'll come across loads of these as you interact with businesses products and services these are the words the symbols the logos that help define a business and businesses if they're smart will register their trademarks which means that they have the exclusive use to use them or license them for use by others but that their their registered trademarks are therefore protected there we go that's just a quick overview of some ways in which your business can protect its intellectual property you
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I've studied analytic philosophy at The University of West Alabama in Livingston and I am an expert in languages. I usually feel cold. My previous job was welfare eligibility workers and interviewers I held this position for 16 years, I love talking about photography and refurbishing furniture. Huge fan of Novak Djokovic I practice triathlon training and collect books and periodicals.
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