Protect your designs seminar

Calling out all new labels and designers. The University of the Arts London is hosting a seminar to help young creatives protect their work and ideas from being copied and ripped off. The seminar will cover how to copyright your work and what to do if someone does actually copy or makes money from work that is rightfully yours.

This event is for new Own-it members who haven't attended an IP event previously. It's a basic guide to the law. This seminar will offer a basic guide to the law, covering the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights.)

The speaker will be Harry Karaolou of LG LLP. Harry specialises in all aspects of intellectual property law. He has extensive experience of IP disputes, particularly trade mark, design rights and copyright infringement matters. Harry has regularly been involved with disputes relating to domain names using, amongst others, the ICANN, Nominet, HKIAC (for .cn domain names) and NIXI (for .in domain names) dispute resolution procedures, and arranged transfers through the various international registrars.

In non-contentious matters, Harry has undertaken and advised clients extensively on due diligence and commercial transactions involving intellectual property. Harry also conducts brand protection work for multinational clients within various industries. Harry regularly advises clients on how to acquire and protect their intellectual property rights, particularly through the use of assignments and licences. He has also regularly written articles for numerous legal journals and is a member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys.

Admission is free, however places are limited. To reserve your place please register and book online at:
http://www.own-it.org/events/how-not-to-get-ripped-off

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