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Brexit Support Week: protecting intellectual property overseas

November 2020

Event date: 19th November 2020

North East England Chamber of Commerce and HGF are hosting a webinar on Thursday 19th November at 11am (GMT).

The UK leaves the EU on 1st January 2021, and will radically change the way businesses operate and develop, and business must prepare for the new environment.

IP is crucial when trading overseas as it fosters innovation, protects your product and helps access new markets and consumers, such as copyright, trade marks and patents. Brexit will impact the protection and regulation for your business.

In this webinar HGF Trade Mark Attorney Rebecca Grant will discuss the importance of protecting your businesses IP overseas, some best practice, and the implications of Brexit on IP.

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Rebecca
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