The Intellectual Property Office (formerly called the Patent Office) web site explains the different types of intellectual property. Intellectual property lets people own the work they create. Different methods such as patents, trademarks, designs and copyright are used to protect the different forms (example of the four main types of IP in a car)
- Intellectual Property Office Central Enquiry Unit; 08459 500 505
- Other types of IP (IPO)
- Help with IP protection in the UK (Business Link)
- Why protect intellectual property? (Business Link)
- Exploiting your ideas
Advice from Business Link - Protecting IP overseas (Business Link)
- Help for inventors and innovators (Business Link)
- Research & knowledge transfer
Find out more about IP in relation to research in higher education institutions and research establishments. - Work with UK universities and colleges (Business Link)
If you can get new products to the market faster than your rivals, you will become more competitive. Academic research can often help businesses develop new ideas or enhance existing ones. They also have offices that can help with protection of intellectual property. - Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
Information on working with Loughborough University on KTPs