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Cambridge Research and Innovation Limited

PATENT CLINIC: ADVICE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

(with Page, White and Farrer)

Professional advice on intellectual property rights (patents, copyright, design) is a crucial step in protecting inventors' rights in the process of commercialization. Patents may give protection to novel devices, systems, processes, and products. Designs relate to the appearance of products. Copyright may protect software. It is only by seeking legal rights, e.g. by way of a patent, that the commercial potential of many new ideas can be fully exploited. To obtain effective patent protection it is essential that a patent application is filed at the Patent Office before publication or any non-confidential disclosure.

Cambridge Research and Innovation Ltd in association with Page, White and Farrer, Chartered Patent Agents, hold monthly patent clinics in Cambridge for researchers to give preliminary confidential guidance. Page, White and Farrer is a London firm of qualified patent practitioners, including several Cambridge graduates, having a wide variety of technical backgrounds including electronics, physics, engineering, material sciences, chemistry, and biotechnology.

The next patent clinics will be held at 13 Station Road, Cambridge, on 2 February, 2 March, and 6 April. Please contact Chris Smart or Lucy Block at CRIL on 312856 to arrange a time for a confidential discussion. There is no charge for the service, nor any obligation.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 27 January 1999
Copyright © 1999 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.