Patent Box Roadshows

The patent box is a valuable tax concession to encourage invention in the UK. It came into force on 1 April 2013 and we are holding a series of workshops on the new incentive with our good friends at BDO and Jackson & Canter.

The first of those events took place in Liverpool on 29 April 2013 and you can download the presentations that were given at that workshop from "The Patent Box Workshop: Liverpool Inventors Club" 3 May 2013 IP Northwest.

The next event will be at Leeds Central Library on 8 May 2013 at 18:00 where the main speaker will be BDO tax partner Dan Brookes (see "Leeds Inventors Group: Patent Box and R & D Credits" 4 May 2013 IP Yorkshire).

Further events are planned for London at the Liverpool Embassy in the Royal Mint on 12 July 2013 and others are planned for Manchester and other parts of the country. If you want to attend any of those events  please call me on +44 020 7404 5252 or send me an an email through my contact page. You can also follow me on Facebook,Linkedin, twitter or Xing,

Liverpool Inventors Club Re-launch - Fabulous FabLab

As everyone in Liverpool knows, Liverpool Central Library at William George Street has been closed for refurbishment since 23 July 2010. According to patent librarian Ruth Grodner, it is not due to re-open to the public until some time in  2013.

The library hosted Liverpool Inventors Club and th:e CIPA patent clinic. Since the refurbishment, both have been looking for a new home. Now thanks to QualitySolicitors Jackson & Canter, we have found a new one for the Inventors Club and the patent and trade mark agents and other IP practitioners in IP North West will provide a patent clinic service for Liverpool until the CIPA one is up and running again.

The Inventors Club will kick off to a fantastic start with a presentation by Haydn Insley of the Manufacturing Institute who runs the fabulous FabLab Manchester. The meeting will take place on Monday, 27 Feb 2012 at 18:00 at the offices of QualitySolicitors Jackson & Canter at
88 Church Street
Liverpool
L1 3AY

This is an event for everyone in Merseyside, not just inventors but artists, business angels, designers, patent and trade mark agents and other IP professionals, venture capitalists.   The lot.

Space is limited so book your ticket quickly. Click here to register for the event or contact your host Michael Sandys at 0151 282 1700 for further info on the event.

Further Information on FabLabs


IP North West
FabLab Manchester, Introduction to Intellectual Property
The Manchester FabLab
FabLab Manchester

Inventors Club
Jane Keats "Factories of the Future"

IP Yorkshire
FabLabs for Yorkshire: IntegreatPlus Learning Lunch

FabLabs for Yorkshire: Progress Report

A FabLab for Keighley

FabLab Manchester

FabLab Manchester website

Linkedin Group (invitation only)

Miscellaneous Links

Neil Gerchelfeld's presentation on TED

Neil Gerschenfeld's home page

Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT