Intellectual Property Rights

The IEU has in-depth knowledge of patent search databases and analysis to support our academic members of staff.

Click on the links below to find out more:

What is a Patent?

What kind of things do patents cover?

Are there any special conditions that an invention must fulfil?

Ownership of results

Patenting/IP Right protection

What is Copyright?

What is a Trade Mark?

What is a Design?

(all information on these Intellectual Property Pages has been taken with kind permission from The Patent Office website)

For further information please contact Dr Amanda Lindsay, Development Manager - Innovation & Technology Transfer.