Useful downloadable ACID Fact Sheets are available to members on a wide range of subjects including:
MAXIMISING YOUR LEGAL STRATEGIES – getting the best out of your IP lawyer
INSTRUCTING SPECIALIST LAWYERS – understanding the process
NEVER SUE ON PRINCIPLE ALONE – don’t get emotional, clarify your commercial objectives
MONEY LAUNDERING – essential requirements before instructing a lawyer to act for you
RESPONDING TO PITCHES OR TENDERS – ensure your IP armoury is in place
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STATEMENT – communicate your anti copying policy effectively
USING THE FREE ACID DESIGN DATA BANK – to substantiate your unregistered rights
ACID DESIGN DATA BANK – application form to register your design audit trail
ACID MEDIATION POLICY DOCUMENT – Mediation – a real alternative to litigation
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY REVIEW – an IP health check to establish an IP policy
EU and UK DESIGN RIGHT – a brief insight and overview
COPYRIGHT – a brief insignt and overview
TRADE MARKS – What’s in a name – brand protection – protect your brand identity
PATENTS – There’s an invention in us all!
IP GLOSSARY – keeping legal speak simple
US COPYRIGHT – basic differences between UK and USA IP law
EXPLOITING YOUR IP RIGHTS – through licensing
LICENSING – make the most out of it!
EXPORTING – brief IP guidelines to safeguard against design theft
PHOTOGRAPHY – who owns the rights
TRAPPING COPYISTS – the insignificant detail can make a difference to design protection
EXHIBITING – new designs – protection before, during and after an exhibition
IP MYTHS AND HOWLERS – FAQs – expand your design protection strategy
COMMUNICATE YOUR IP POLICY IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES – deterrence and design protection
USING THE ACID BRAND OF DESIGN PROTECTION – to communicate your IP message
EXHIBITING IN CHINA – understand the differences, create an effective design protection
strategy