When you apply for a British patent you have to satisfy the Intellectual Property Office   that your invention is new, involves an inventi...

As everyone in Liverpool knows, Liverpool Central Library at William George Street has been closed for refurbishment since 23 July 2010. A...

Newcastle City Library Author UserUltra7   Licence Public Domain   Source Wikipedia Commons Jane Lambert On 26 Oct 2010, I blogged an a...

If you missed Charles Lucas and Tom Bathgate  of Going for Grants  when they spoke in Yorkshire  you can catch Charles in Accrington on Thu...

Leeds Inventors Group  is in for a treat this month. The first speaker of the New Year will be John Biddleston who gave an excellent talk...

Last year a group of economists predicted a modest recovery for the British economy. Many of the economic indicators suggested that they mi...

By coincidence both the Sheffield and Leeds Inventors Groups had excellent presentations from product designers in November 2011. John Biddl...

Going for Grants is a double act between Tom Bathgate and Charles Lucas . Tom's background is in management while Charles is an accoun...

On 5 Aug 2011 I wrote about the Manchester FabLab and the global FabLab network in my IP North West blog. On 21 Sept and 3 Oct 2011 the Le...

Yesterday afternoon I met David Bagley at a seminar on private equity funding and initial public offerings hosted by Cobbetts at their spa...

Sheffield Hallam University is literally just across the road from Sheffield Central Library which hosts the Sheffield Inventors Group. Y...

I have just received the following email from Mr Ian Davies, otherwise known as "Ian the Inventor": "I've submitted an ...

On Saturday I published a case note on the recent decision of Mr Justice Denney in Siemens AG v Seagate Technology [2011] NICh 12. That was...

Although Gordon Brown's trade minister, Baron Jones of Birmingh am , was top of the bill at PERA's "Growth through Innovation...

"Oh me! Oh my. I hope the little lady comes by". That was the chorus of "Leaning on a Lamp Post" , one of the late Georg...

The guest speaker at Sheffield Inventors Group on 4 July 2011 was Mr. Richard Campos of Richard Camps Business Support Ltd . The title of ...

Independent design pro Steven Bookbinder will be guest speaker at the next meeting of Manchester Inventors Group on Tuesday, 5 July 2011 ...

Cambridge Capital describes itself as "a leading business angel group of 40 investors that have been investing in hi-tech businesses f...

The region known as "the West Midlands" consists of the metropolitan county of the West Midlands with its metropolitan boroughs of...

Lorna Gibbons . local economic evidence coordinator of The South West Observatory publishes a great blog on local enterprise partnerships ( ...