Intellectual Property Rights No1 - Job Clubs for Inventors?

After I closed down the last post a thought galloped into my mind. I wondered whether aspiring inventors could be another potential group of members for any job club.

After a bit of searching I had came across a British Library free on-line course in protection of intellectual property. It covers the definitions, background history, and procedures for obtaining the appropriate protection for an idea etc, namely:

• patents;
• copyright;
• registered designs; and,
• trade marks.

The job club function would cover the above by facilitating the would-be inventor to get into:

• the need for early protection;
• concurrently or subsequently, appproaches to the development and start-up of a business.