Courses

There are three Business & IP Centre online courses available on intellectual property. Each course can be completed from start to finish in one sitting, or if you prefer, you can stop at any point and come back to it at a later stage to suit you. To gain maximum benefit from the courses, they are to be completed in the order shown. To start Course One, simply register as a user. If you have already registered you can use the login area to the right to start.

Course overviews

Course One
Basics of Intellectual Property Protection (1 hour 40 minutes)
This course details the different types of intellectual property protection and which types will be relevant to your idea. It explains in detail what needs to be filed and what the filing should contain, along with case studies and a “before” and “after” quiz to gauge your progress.

Course Two
Searching the Databases (2 hours)
An essential, yet often much maligned element of protecting any idea. The last thing any owner of an idea wants to see is other like minded ideas that are already out there, so invalidating possible protection of their intellectual property. Yet searching the databases in the right way is imperative to progress your idea, or in some cases unfortunately, killing it stone dead. Fall short on doing a thorough search and you could waste a small fortune at some later stage.

Course Three
Analysing the Markets (1 hour 40 minutes) (Available soon)
You know what type of protection is needed for your idea (Course One) and you have done a thorough database search (Course Two) that reassures you your idea is novel and will possibly succeed in being protected. One big question remains though; does anyone actually want it? Is there a market for your idea? How big is the market and where is that market located? This third course will show you how to search for the markets and the types of customers/companies that may be interested in your idea.