Intellectual Property: is your organisation sitting on a goldmine or about to step on a landmine? And, is your life sciences organisation sufficiently equipped to identify and deal with those situations? Almost everybody knows that inventions and names can be protected and that you should not

Almost everybody knows that inventions and names can be protected and that you should not plagiarise someone else’s work. However, do you, and those working with you, know the full extent of what can be protected in your industry? What do you do if someone else trespasses on your organisation’s patch? Worse, what if they say that your organisation is trespassing on theirs? What pitfalls are out there? In the life sciences industries, which are so reliant on the existence and enforcement of their intellectual property rights (IPRs), ensuring that people in your organisation have a reasonable grasp of the answers to these sorts of questions is crucial. Your

In the life sciences industries, which are so reliant on the existence and enforcement of their intellectual property rights (IPRs), ensuring that people in your organisation have a reasonable grasp of the answers to these sorts of questions is crucial. Your organisation’s IPRs may be its most valuable asset. Can you, or others in your organisation, afford to be operating in the dark?