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ACID to Host IP & Design Protection Webinar in Association with The Furniture Makers’ Company

Calling all in the furniture/furnishings sector – an Anti-Copying in Design (ACID) webinar, in association with The Furniture Makers’ Company, sharing insights on IP and design protection to achieve growth on 17th November 11am

Anti-Copying in Design (ACID), in association with The Furniture Makers’ Company, are delighted to invite you to a webinar sharing insights on IP and design protection to achieve growth, and asking questions, such as;

 What is intellectual property? Why is it important? What are the rules about using images?
How can I protect my designs? Importance of IP Agreements, Online theft, what can I do?
What are the myths surrounding IP?

Designers in the furniture/furnishings/interiors/bedding sector work in a diverse landscape. So, whether you design for homes, offices, schools, luxury yachts, restaurants, or public places or maybe you are a bespoke furniture maker, the designs you create are all underpinned by intellectual property which needs to be protected. Great designers find solutions.

British furniture designers and makers are some of the best in the world but unfortunately, there are those that want to take the fast track to market by free riding on your ideas and creativity to copy or “adapt” them. 

On 17th November at 11am, ACID’s co-founder and CEO Dids Macdonald, OBE., will share some of her practical insights into building a pro-active intellectual property strategy to enhance growth and protect designs. Dids, whose designs were copied shamelessly by some major high street retailers, believes that taking a few steps to better understand the laws that protect designers can make all the difference.

With Dids Macdonald will be Niall Head-Rapson, Director of McDaniel & Co, an ACID Legal Affiliate and IP design law expert who will be there to answer all your IP questions and dispel some of the myths about IP.

The speakers are generously not making a charge for this webinar so a charity donation in lieu of a joining fee to The Furniture Makers’ Company would be appreciated.  All donations received from this webinar will go to help others in our industry.  Further details can be seen here.

Click the link below to attend the webinar on 17th November at 11am:

Register now at Zoom

*To give £10 please text DONATE10 to 70191or visit the donation page on our website

* Fundraising, payments and donations will be processed and administered by the National Funding Scheme (Charity No: 1149800), operating as DONATE. Texts will be charged at your standard network rate. For Terms & Conditions, see www.easydonate.org 

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