Last updated:
3 April 2017
There are many reasons a business may not formally register their intellectual property (IP). We take a look at other common ways businesses protect their unregistered or undisclosed IP.
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IP – your business edge
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Franchising extends the use of licensing to create a significantly different commercialisation vehicle. The owner of a successful business can expand without borrowing capital to develop if its intellectual property (IP) is licensed to franchisees.
A common commercialisation vehicle is to license, not sell, an IP right via one or more licensing agreements. It means that you give permission for another party to use your IP on agreed terms and conditions. If you don’t have the resources or experience to develop and market your product or service, licensing can be an effective strategy.
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Failing to properly secure your brand in China can be a very expensive mistake, as the experience of computer giant Apple shows.
File for IP protection before launching a crowdfunding campaign and consider your global IP strategy like Byron Bay father-son duo Stuart and Cedar Anderson, inventors behind Australia’s most successful crowdfunding campaign to date, The Flow Hive.
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