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Intellectual property simplified with British Library e-courses |
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| 14/04/2008 | |
| The British Library has launched an innovative and comprehensive distance learning website that will allow anyone interested in learning about intellectual property to do so without a headache. Intellectual Property – How to Protect and Develop Your Idea is designed to give users the confidence to learn the IP fundamentals that no-one setting up a business or launching an innovation can afford to ignore. The website incorporates much of the invaluable information provided by the courses available at the British Library's Business & IP Centre and brings it to the fingertips of budding entrepreneurs and innovators based anywhere in the UK or the world. Much more than a virtual IP handbook, the website has been developed to help the user to grasp the complex subject of intellectual property with a simple step-by-step approach that takes them from the basic facts through to interactive exercises and sections such as 'What Would You Do?' and 'Ask the Expert'. Funded by the London Development Agency, the website is designed around course modules that introduce users to various aspects of intellectual property protection and development. The first course, 'The Basics of Intellectual Property', deals with various topics such as patents, trade marks, registered designs and copyright, as well as the development and commercial implications of an idea. It will be followed by two further courses on how to search intellectual property databases and analyse markets. One of the website's key objectives is to encourage innovation and support the government's overall aim of improving the UK's knowledge base. |
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