The other day I was advising a client about a trading name for a new creative enterprise and the registration of a trade mark. There was a danger that the name she had chosen could infringe the trade mark rights of another business – so she decided to choose a different word for her new …
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How to achieve Business Success in the Creative Sector
David Parrish advises creative entrepreneurs to consider five key points to achieve business success in the creative, digital and cultural industries. This short ‘How to Succeed in Creative Business’ video, summarises David’s advice about how entrepreneurs can make their creative and digital businesses even more successful. Define Success – in your own terms, with your …
Danny Boyle on Inspiration
In this video Danny Boyle talks about certainty, doubt, inspiration – and why it’s important not to be intimidated by your heroes when working in the creative industries. Danny and I were at school together in Bolton many years ago. Since then he’s had a brilliant career in theatre, TV and film, winning an Oscar …
Protecting – and profiting from – your Intellectual Property
How do you protect your creative works? And importantly – how do you generate income streams from your intellectual property? Creative people are rightly concerned about being ripped off, so we need to know more about how to protect our works by understanding and using intellectual property rights (IPR) such as copyright, trade marks, patents …