Intellectual property organizations are international intergovernmental organizations that involve cooperation in the area of copyrights, trademarks and patents.
General organisations
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
- Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) or African Intellectual Property Organization
Specialized Organisations
- Patent-related organisations
- European Patent Organisation (EPO or EPOrg)
- Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
- Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Trademark-related organisations
- Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
- Benelux Trademarks Office
- European Trademark Office
- Design-related organisations
- Benelux Designs Office (BDO)
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What is Intellectual Property
In law, particularly in common law jurisdictions, intellectual
property or IP refers to a legal entitlement which sometimes attaches
to the expressed form of an idea, or to some other intangible subject
matter. In general terms this legal entitlement sometimes enables its
holder to exercise exclusive control over the use of the IP. The term
intellectual property reflects the idea that the subject matter of IP
is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that once established,
such entitlements are generally treated as equivalent to tangible
property, and may be enforced as such by the courts.
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Valuation of intellectual property
Little argument over intellectual property (IP) would occur if it did not have a value for the owner. The principle of valuing IP is to determine the future income associated with its ownership. Determination of future income requires estimating the income due to the IP in each of all future years over its life; i.e., the amount sold and the net income per unit after routine sales costs are deducted. If the IP is used internally, then the savings due to owning it can be similarly estimated
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IP Organizations
Intellectual property organizations are international intergovernmental organizations that involve cooperation in the area of copyrights, trademarks and patents.
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Turn your dreams into reality: How to market your intellectual property to the global market
Whether you have tried to market your invention, art, craft, book or other talent in the past and failed or whether you have never tried beyond nurturing your ideas in your mind, please remember this--if you deeply believe in your talent, and if you have a vision of greatness for your ideas, one day you will be able to turn your dreams into reality.
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Describing Intellectual Property in Your Business Plan
Most companies that are worthy of raising venture capital have proprietary Intellectual Property (IP). In fact, the quality of the IP and the management team are often the two most important aspects of a venture capitalist’s investment decision. The challenge that many ventures face, however, is that most investors will not sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), and NDAs are critical to maintaining the proprietary nature of the IP.
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Innovators: How To Turn Your Dreams Into Reality
Whether you have tried to sell your ideas in the past and failed or whether you have never tried beyond nurturing your ideas in your mind, please remember this--if you deeply believe in your ideas and if you have a vision of greatness for your ideas, one day, you will be able to turn your dreams into reality.
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