{"id":55108,"date":"2015-03-12T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c09674973e525be229efdb51358cd5d3"},"modified":"2015-03-12T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T14:00:12","slug":"news-story-ip-attaches-help-protect-400-million-of-uk-business-ip-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=55108","title":{"rendered":"News story: IP attach\u00e9s help protect \u00a3400 million of UK business IP assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Baroness Neville-Rolfe <abbr title=\"Dame of the British Empire\">DBE<\/abbr> announced that the <abbr title=\"Intellectual Property Office\">IPO<\/abbr>\u2019s specialist attach\u00e9 network has helped protect \u00a3400 million worth of IP assets for UK businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Taylor Wessing Brands Forum (12 March) she outlined how the attach\u00e9s had helped 8,400 businesses. They also provided direct practical support for 537 British firms to manage IP issues in four of the world\u2019s fastest growing markets.<\/p>\n<p>Baroness Neville-Rolfe <abbr title=\"Dame of the British Empire\">DBE<\/abbr> said: \u201cBoosting trade is vital to our continued economic growth. But operating and investing overseas can be a difficult and daunting process for some. The IP attach\u00e9s are successfully helping UK businesses navigate new markets and are proving a real asset when it comes to helping business protect their IP overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to an audience of international brand experts, the Minister set out the importance of brand to business success. IP rights, and especially trade marks, play a vital role in protecting companies\u2019 brands. She also explained why it is crucial to have effective international systems, which support IP rights and global trade and investment.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more <span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_951995\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/411770\/WhyDoesBrandMatter.pdf\">Why does brand matter<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">148KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">1 page<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK intellectual property advisers based overseas have helped protect \u00a3400 million worth of IP assets for UK businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}