ACID IP Strategy Lunch: Steps Required To Implement An Effective IP Srategy

This month saw DMH Stallard host the ACID (Anti Copying in Design) IP Strategy Lunch, where ACID members were invited to engage with a panel of leading IP experts. The event focussed on a number of aspects concerning the protection of IP, including: dealing with infringement over the internet and abroad, protection of information against ex employees, as well as the necessary steps required to implement an effective IP strategy.

The panel comprised of ACID Chief Executive, Dids MacDonald, and DMH Stallard partners, Tim Ashdown and Nick Kounoupias, who have a wealth of experience in IP litigation. The discussions focused on the importance of IP for businesses and how it should be understood like any other business property: it is valuable, it is important to a business and it must be protected. The panel stressed that by understanding the value of IP at an early stage, strategic decisions can then be made on the best course of action to protect it: does it require