Do you have an idea? Well, don't let anyone steal it!
Come and hear from local businesses and public sector expertise on how to protect your intellectual property. This is a FREE event ran by the AIMS Project in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway College.
Agenda
10:00 Joanne Johnstone, AIMS Project - Welcome, Introductions and Housekeeping
10:05 Scott Davidson, Founder of Radisoft Ltd who has devised a IoT monitoring device and application for boilers.
10:20 Mari Findlay, Interface, who connect organisations to academics, and she will talk about the Innovation Voucher Funding
10:30 Katie Vance founder of Bubble FLO Ltd who has devised a non-sterile paediatric Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) device intended to assist children with lifelong respiratory conditions such as Cystic Fibrosis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) and Bronchiectasis, to clear excess secretions from their lungs.
10:45 Paul Winstanley, CEO of Censis and Board Chair of Filament STAC, he will be talking about the high applications in technology and PACE.
11:00 Chris Rigby, South of Scotland Enterprise, SoSE, she be sharing some information from The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) who are the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trademarks, and copyright.
11:10 Euan Devlin, Part Qualified Patent Attorney from Scintilla
11:25 Coffee/Comfort Break
11:40 Iain Barbour, JBA Seeds, Jamieson Brothers is Scotland's best-known brand of horticultural seed potatoes, garden supplies and animal feeds.
11:55 Sarah-Jane Burns, Code Base - will talk about the support and networks available for tech companies through the Techscaler programme.
12:05 Jamie Shovelin, D&G Chamber of Commerce - he will talk about the business backed mentoring scheme.
12:15 Ross Colquhoun, Scottish Enterprise - he will be talking about the SMART: Scotland grant. The SMART: SCOTLAND grant is one of their research and development (R&D) grants that aims to support high-risk, highly ambitious projects. It provides support to conduct feasibility studies.
12:30 Lunch and Networking
12:45, 13:00 and 13:15 Virtual drop in sessions with Potter Clarkson (6 slots available, bring your own laptop)
13:30 Close
Meet with Potter Clarkson's UK and European Patent Attorney for personalised advice on patents for your business.
What is it?
We have some one-to-one sessions with experts from the legal sector to support tech start-up founders on their journey. Participants will be able to engage directly with and receive personalised advice from Jason Teng, Patent Attorney or David Holt, IP Solicitor for Potter Clarkson.
Areas they can cover as part of the office hours include:
IP protection and freedom-to-operate
Basics of creating an IP strategy
Patents and trade secrets
Branding
Confidentiality
Collaboration and licensing agreements
WHO ARE POTTER CLARKSON?
Potter Clarkson is a leading full-service intellectual property law firm of patent and trade mark attorneys and IP solicitors. They help companies, organisations and individuals across all sectors of business to understand, create, protect and defend the commercial value of their innovations anywhere in the world through intellectual property rights.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
You will receive personalised advice from Jason Teng or David Holt, whose expertise includes areas such as 3D printing, advanced manufacturing, product design, IP strategy, confidentiality and trade secrets, and licensing.
WHERE IS THIS TAKING PLACE?
This event will be taking place on Zoom.
WHO WILL BE THERE?
These sessions are for attendees of the IP training event. This is a private meeting between yourself/your team and Jason or David.
REGISTRATION
Once you have registered to attend you will receive confirmation of your ticket. You will receive an email reminder prior to the event starting: it includes the link to join the event.
As places are extremely limited for these office hours, please only register once.
We will provide lunch and refreshments on the day, please let us know of any dietary requirements in advance - email AIMS@dumgal.gov.uk.