title: Know your intellectual property rights.
abstract: Dismissing intellectual property rights as someone else's responsibility may not be prudent. It can jeopardize a company's future business because any new product could be unprotected, or even worse, belong to someone else. This article explains how a little strategic planning and due diligence can help prevent unnecessary legal costs. Much of a company's value can be tied up in intangible assets such as patents, trademarks and copyright, and an intellectual property audit helps assess its true worth.
authors.affiliation: Northern Intellectual Property Chambers, Manchester, UK. Sandra@lbnipc.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D010067:Ownership / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom