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Prevent intellectual property infringement
How to safeguard intellectual property rights by ensuring hard-copy information is kept securely and by protecting computer data
Protecting your business name and domain name
Your business name can be your most important intellectual property asset - learn how to protect it and how to register web addresses
Support for developing your ideas
Where to get help to develop new product ideas if you're looking to manufacture, market, sell or license your inventions
Science parks
Support and benefits of science parks, including technology transfer and business incubation
Intellectual property crime and your business
IP crime is widespread and growing, and has serious economic, quality and safety impacts
Protecting intellectual property
How to conduct an audit of your business' intellectual property rights and take steps to protect and secure your IP
Get patent protection for your business
Find out how to patent a product, and protect your ideas or inventions by applying for a patent and securing your patent rights
Trade marks
Introduction to trade marking – how to choose, search for, register and protect trade marks in the UK or abroad
Design right and registration
How to protect the value of your designs through unregistered design rights and design registration
Copyright for your business
What is copyright, how to use this legal right to protect your creative work and what to do if someone violates it
Protecting your intellectual property abroad
Understand how to secure and enforce your intellectual property rights internationally, and register your patents, trade marks and designs overseas
Manage your research, design and development
How to manage your design, research and development projects to adapt to customers' changing requirements
Use innovation to start or grow your business
What is innovation and why should new and existing businesses innovate in order to increase their efficiency and profitability
Find support for inventors
Support and advice for inventors and businesses developing innovative ideas, products and technologies in Northern Ireland
Chemical manufacturing environmental performance management
How to manage your business' impact on the environment through improved procedures and green chemistry.
Chemical manufacturer packaging obligations
The environmental responsibilities your chemical manufacturing business faces if it produces or uses packaging.
What is green chemistry?
Green chemistry is defined by 12 key principles that you can use to evaluate your production processes.
Chemical manufacturing resource efficiency
Using resources efficiently in your chemical manufacturing business to reduce your costs and environmental impacts.
Chemical manufacturing energy efficiency
Energy performance certificates for buildings, and reducing energy use at chemical manufacturing sites.
Advantages of green chemistry in chemical manufacturing
How you can use green chemistry principles to reduce your use and production of hazardous materials and substances.