Icograda to Work with WIPO on New IP Publication

Icograda to Work with WIPO on New IP Publication
Icograda has been contracted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to produce a new booklet on intellectual property for designers, Managing intellectual property assets in the world of design.

The project will be part of a series of WIPO booklets for creative businesses.

Similar booklets are currently under preparation for the book publishing and music industries.

The booklet will cover the practical steps needed to register, own, and profitably manage a creator's designs and design rights, and will take the reader through the process and tools needed to set up a viable business in the design sector.

Topics covered will include: existing forms of IP protection for designs, such as copyright, patent, trademark and design rights (registered and unregistered) ; design protection and business strategy, including contractual practices in design enterprises; entrepreneurship in the design industry; and recommendations.

Taking into account that IP laws differ from country to country, the booklet will refer to the basic principles of the relevant IP laws and issues pertinent to designers and design industries.

It will be written in a "user friendly" language facilitate an easy understanding of the basic tenets of the IP system, and will describe how best to integrate IP into a business strategy