Events at the British Library Business & IP Centre
The British Library Business & IP Centre host a large number of workshops and events. Workshops that are run by British Library staff are free of charge, (although workshops run by business partners of the Library may charged a fee).
Free IP courses from the British Library
BUSINESS & IP CENTRE
Free online courses on intellectual property
If you have an idea that you are looking to commercialise, these free courses from the British Library will help you understand how to protect your idea and how it might be developed.
The courses are designed with a customisable structure, so that you can both start from scratch or directly get to the specific areas you are interested in.
- Course One: Basics of Intellectual Property Protection
Find out all about patents, trade marks, copyright and registered designs in detail.
- Course Two: Searching the Databases
Discover whether your idea is original by learning how to do searches on different databases.
- Course Three: Analysing the Markets
Gain the skills you need to establish whether there is a commercial market for your idea.
Now you can grasp this complex subject using a simple step-by-step approach that takes you from the basic facts through to interactive exercises and sections such as ‘What Do You Do?’ and ‘Ask the Experts’
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Sign up to the free courses at http://bipc-ecourses.bl.uk/ or get more information about the British Library Business & IP Centre at www.bl.uk/bipc.
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For further information
The British Library Business & IP Centre provides free help for people that are thinking about starting a business or have already started one.
The British Library
St Pancras
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
www.bl.uk/bipc
