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Protect your ideas

Looking for free information/ advice on how to best protect the intellectual property of your business?

Aberdeen PATLIB Centre is part of PATLIB UK, an alliance of libraries and information centres supporting inventors, entrepreneurs and businesses with access to free confidential guidance & information on protecting their intellectual property.

Please contact us for free assistance and information on how to:

  • Register your trade mark/logo
  • Protect your designs
  • Patent your idea or invention
  • Safeguard your copyright
  • And more!

Premium e resource

TotalPatent One by LexisNexis provides access to information on published patent specifications from over 100 patent authorities worldwide including the full text of documents from 69 authorities. This premium resource offers multiple features and functionalities to aid prior art patent literature searching & much more.. Please contact us on BusinessInfo@aberdeencity.gov.uk for details on how to gain free access to this excellent resource.

Source professional IP advice free of charge

Virtual 1:1 Intellectual Property Advice Clinic appointments

Book a free 1:1 video or telephone  advice consultation with a CIPA (Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys) registered attorney. Advice sessions take place monthly. Next session - Wednesday 20th March

Tel. 01224 652500 

Access to free initial professional IP advice may also be available on request from members of CIPA (Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys) and CITMA (Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys).

Booklists

Access selections of books on intellectual property, innovation & the history of invention  stocked by Aberdeen City Libraries. Clicking on the links in the booklists will take you to the library catalogue where you can find out more information on any of the books, search for more books in the same topic, borrow eBooks & eAudiobooks & also find out which of our libraries has a copy of print books in stock. Books may be reserved free of charge & delivered to your local library for collection.

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Useful links

Confidentiality agreements

Access basic non-disclosure agreement templates 

CopyrightUser.org

 Resource aimed at making UK Copyright Law accessible to creators, media professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and the public.

Espacenet 

Search free of charge data on more than 130 million patent documents from around the world

European Patent Office

Find information on applying and searching for European patents, legal issues on patents, patent grants & more.

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

Trademark & design protection in the EU.

Intellectual Property Office - GOV.UK

Find information on patent, design, trademark and copyright protection in the UK.

International IP

Tailored IP information for managing your IP in overseas territories including China, Australia & India 

IP insurance

Information on IP Insurance and database of brokers providing cover 

IPO - IP for Business online training tools

Access free online tools to help you understand how IP works & what can be protected using patents, copyright, trademarks & designs, understand how to manage and use IP, consider IP within business planning & best leverage IP to protect investments and products.

Licensing

Information and tools for businesses wanting to understand the licensing of IP 

Openverse

Search extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.

Patent Co-operation Treaty

International patent application details

Scottish Enterprise - Innovation support

Find information on guidance and support on innovation available to companies in Scotland from Scottish Enterprise.

Contact details

Business and Employability
Central Library
Rosemount Viaduct
Aberdeen.
AB25 1GW
Tel. 01224 652514
Email BusinessInfo@aberdeencity.gov.uk

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