Having the right type of protection helps you gain value from your ideas – to turn inspiration into sustainable business success.

Emma Richards, business outreach manager at the 

, shares her advice on protecting your intellectual property (IP).

 to find out about the different types of IP, patents, trademarks, copyright and registered design.

Emma Richards, business outreach manager at IPO, gives her advice on protecting your intellectual property (IP).

What is intellectual property and how can it protect your business?

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Having the right type of protection helps you gain value from your ideas and success for your business.

I&apos;m a <a href=&apos;https://danmartinuk.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>freelance journalist and event host</a> who helps small businesses and the organisations that support them. I&apos;m also Enterprise Nation&apos;s news reporter and Bristol Local Leader.
I have 20 years of experience as a small business journalist having interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from famous names like Sir Richard Branson and Deborah Meaden to the founders behind brand new start-ups.
I&apos;ve worked for a range of leading small business publications and support groups, most recently as head of content at Enterprise Nation where I was responsible for the prolific output of content on the company&apos;s blog and social media. I now freelance for Enterprise Nation as the website&apos;s <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/business-news&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>news reporter</a> and as the host of the <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/podcast&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Small Business sessions podcast</a>.
I&apos;m based in Bristol where I run and host regular events with the local small business community in my role as Enterprise Nation&apos;s Local Leader for Bristol. I also have strong connections with other major business organisations in the south west region.
In total, I&apos;ve hosted over 100 events including conferences with an audience of hundreds for international brands like Xero and Facebook and live web chats from inside 10 Downing Street.
With my partner, I co-run <a href=&apos;https://www.lifestyledistrict.co.uk/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Lifestyle District</a>, a lifestyle blog focused on culture, art, theatre and photography.

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Recently, I also published my first Amazon Best Seller, Built On Rock - the busy entrepreneur&apos;s legal guide to start-up success. Advising on the risks and pitfalls to avoid when setting up your own business, I wrote this book to make the complicated aspects of start-up law simple. Available on Amazon and in all good bookstores.

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DIDS MACDONALD, OBE
I have over 35 years’ experience within the design sector and co-founded ACID (Anti Copying in Design) because my designs/products were consistently copied.&nbsp;
Fast forward to now and ACID represents 1000’s of designers and campaigns for design law reforms, most notably the introduction of criminal provisions for the intentional infringement of a registered design enshrined in the 2014 IP Act.&nbsp;

My day to day activites focus on helping micro and SMEs protect their valuable IP via education and awareness and helping them create a proactive IP Strategy. Helping &quot;David&quot; to fight &quot;Goliath&quot; in copycat cases is my ongoing campainging work about which I am passionate.

I am an Honorary Fellow of the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and in 2015 was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to the design industry. In 2022 I was admitted to the Design Week Hall of Fame and the first to be awarded the Alliance British IP Day Champion. I am currently Vice-Chair of the Alliance for Intellectual Property, a UK-based coalition of 19 trade associations and enforcement organisations with an interest in ensuring intellectual property rights receive the protection they need and deserve.&nbsp;
I work closely with the Design Council and am part of the Steering Board for the 2021 Design Council Design Economy. I was honoured to be installed as Master of the Worshipful Furniture Makers Company and I am still actively involved as a Past Master. In June 2022 I received Honorary Fellowship of the Society of Designer Craftsmen with whom I work closely.

CEO of Anti Copying in Design

Dids Macdonald

DIDS MACDONALD, OBE
I have over 35 years’ experience within the design sector and co-founded ACID (Anti Copying in Design) because my designs/products were consistently copied.&nbsp;
Fast forward to now and ACID represents 1000’s of designers and campaigns for design law reforms, most notably the introduction of criminal provisions for the intentional infringement of a registered design enshrined in the 2014 IP Act.&nbsp;

My day to day activites f

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