Intellectual Property Risk Management by Donal O’Connell, Managing Director, Chawton Innovation Services The connection between IP and risk: Risk is the chance of something going wrong, and the danger that damage or loss will occur. By its very nature, there are both rewards and risks associated with IP. For anyone involved in IP, then IP-related […]

When sharing your trade secrets with others, just remember that NDAs are like confetti  by Donal O’Connell, Managing Director, Chawton Innovation Services Trade secrets: Trade secrets constitute an important part of a company’s intellectual property portfolio. However, for any information to be considered a trade secret it must fulfill three criteria: it must be secret […]

Common ‘soft’ IP related mistakes made by SMEs by Donal O’Connell, Managing Director, Chawton Innovation Services IP value and risk: Risk is the chance of something going wrong, and the danger that damage or loss will occur. By its very nature, there are both rewards and risks associated with IP. For anyone involved in IP, […]