Patenting your idea is the best form of legal protection you can get. With a patent you have the legal right to stop others copying your invention and the IP (Intellectual Property) it provides can often have a value to potential investors or purchasers of your company. We gets lots of enquiries from individuals who have come up with an idea and are looking to patent and develop it and this article covers some of the real world aspects involved in patenting.
Sample Non Disclosure Agreement
We are often asked by clients to sign a non disclosure agreement and below we provide a simple NDA which you may wish to use.
Why do companies like IBEX supply a licence to use a design and not full IP?
This is an issue that can come up with regards to the work that technology design companies such as IBEX provide for clients. We will typically provide clients with a royalty free licence to use the designs we provide (e.g. for software, source code, electronic designs, etc) and only assign full Intellectual Property (IP) rights for non technical design elements (e.g. visual appearance, graphic design etc).
