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Get help with intellectual property protection
Advice, guidance and support with intellectual property issues for Northern Ireland businesses
Avoid infringing other people's intellectual property
How to check that you are not infringing other people's intellectual property
Eliminating ideas that are not viable
Understanding when a product will not be viable is important to prevent wasting time and money
Eureka Network
Information on the world's biggest public network for international cooperation in research, development and innovation
Raising finance for innovation
Where and how to find funding for research and innovation projects if you can't access government grants
Employee share schemes: advantages and disadvantages for staff
How employee share schemes affect employees outlining the positives and potential negative factors
Employee share schemes: an overview
Tailoring employee share schemes to your needs, schemes approved by HM Revenue & Customs and employee benefit trusts
HMRC approved share schemes
HMRC approved schemes appropriate for selected employees
Taxed employee share schemes
Employee share schemes where any gains are subject to tax and National Insurance contributions
Choose the best employee share scheme
Decide on your objectives for an employee share scheme
Setting up an employee share scheme: employer duties
The guidelines and relevant legislation governing employee share ownership schemes
Commercialisation options for your invention
Three straightforward ways of getting your invention to market: manufacture and sell yourself, license it or collaborate with another business
Support for protecting your ideas
Get professional help from intellectual property advisers, a patent attorney or a trade mark attorney to protect your intellectual property in an invention
Claiming unfair dismissal: eligibility
What may happen if you dismiss someone unfairly
Set up a staff incentive scheme
Steps employers can take to set up incentive and perks schemes
Ensuring the staff incentive scheme is successful
How to evaluate your staff incentive scheme and ensure it works effectively
Implement a flexible working policy
A checklist of things to think about before setting up new policies to achieve work-life balance
What does copyright cover?
Types of work you can protect by copyright, and how to use this legal right to protect your intellectual property
How can copyright help my business?
Copyright can provide an important source of income for your business – here’s how to profit from your copyright
How do I get copyright protection for my work?
Understand how to secure copyright protection for your original work and show that copyright belongs to you