Georgina Wilkins is Head of IP Strategy at Hitachi Energy. Over a number of years she has been involved in due diligence around IP before investing in or acquiring a tech business.Georgina tells us how to build your IP portfolio and present it

Valuing your IP with Kelvin King

Mar 8th, 2023 48m 7s

Kelvin King is an IP valuation expert of some experience. He has been valuing intangible assets for around 40 years and is one of the foremost experts in the world. In this episode of Where's the Exit, I ask Kelvin about What is IP valuation?

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in law firms - Meredith Struby

Feb 13th, 2023 56m 9s

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is one of the biggest challenges currently facing the legal sector in Europe and the USA. Many partnerships are dominated by white males, are not reflective of the diversity that we see in the world around

How to manage trade secrets with Donal O'Connell

Jan 31st, 2023 47m 19s

Donal, one of the world's foremost experts on trade secrets, takes us through practical tips on how tech companies can unearth and manage their trade secrets effectively to generate value for their businesses.Donal takes us through What are tra

What start-ups should do with their IP - Alan Chapman

Dec 12th, 2022 46m 4s

Alan has worked as in-house Intellectual Property and Patent Counsel for a number of different businesses, both large multinationals and UK start-ups. He is currently in-house IP Counsel with a large UK e-commerce business. He's also worked i

What VCs look for in your IP - Sandy Reid

Nov 28th, 2022 38m 53s

If you're an IP rich business and looking to secure investment then this episode is loaded with value for you. Sandy is an investor with a lot of experience and was also the other side of the deal when she founded and scaled her own IP rich bu

Understanding government funded business support

Nov 14th, 2022 45m 47s

In this episode I discuss the landscape of UK government funded advice and support for tech SMEs with Jane Galsworthy. It's a complicated world but Jane has been around it for a long time and understands it better than anyone. She has designe

How to use trademarks as an SME tech business with Matt Sammon

Oct 31st, 2022 49m 21s

Matt Sammon has a heap of experience advising all sorts of clients about effective protection and enforcement of their trademarks. In this episode of "Where's the exit?" Matt takes us through everything that a tech business needs to consider f

R&D Tax Credits and Patent Box with Angela Browning

Oct 17th, 2022 53m 42s

R&D Tax Credits is one of those things that a lot of businesses think they have sorted, but they actually don't. And Patent Box seems never to have taken off and provided the benefits it was supposed to for all but a few businesses.As a tech S

Growing and Exiting Tech Businesses: Professor David Park

Oct 3rd, 2022 54m 54s

Professor David Park is Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation within the University of Nottingham's Business School where he lectures and mentors in entrepreneurship, IP commercialisation and innovation. He has first-hand experience raisi

Why you should keep a register of all your IP

Sep 19th, 2022 43m 22s

Whether it's trade secrets, patents, NDAs, trademarks, designs, agreements, know-how, data or anything else, intangible assets and the IP that they give rise to are very broad and cover all departments of your business. Getting a handle on all

How to manage IP in your tech business: the basics

Aug 31st, 2022 52m 9s

Will Chelton has been an in-house IP attorney for over a decade, working in large tech businesses that are household names and that How to manage IP in yopur tech business: the basicsfile thousands of patents. More recently he was Chief Legal

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