SixFive Networks has secured a seven figure Intellectual Property-backed loan from NatWest to support its business growth The NatWest High Growth Intellectual Property-backed Loan is the world’s first ...
If a picture paints a thousand words…
It is so easy these days to get the perfect image you need for your website or to go on top of an article like this, isn’t it? All you have to do is type the topic into Google (or another favourite search engine), click on images and select the one ...
A rose by any other name? Why what you call your new venture matters
Choosing a good name for your new venture can be very challenging – but it’s also very important.Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, gives Juliet the lines:“What's in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo woul ...
IP value – what’s the big deal?
When I was a teenager, growing up in the Midlands in the 1970s, my home city was a major centre of industrial production. I lived a short walk from the old Standard Triumph engineering factory (then part of British Leyland) and worked on a milk round ...
IP and the Paris 2024 Olympic games
The Olympics and Paralympics are coming to Paris in July (if you hadn’t realised it yet) – and apparently many Parisians are up in arms about the restrictions that are going to be imposed on them while they are on.Leaving aside suggestions that Paris ...
Sci-Net first company to benefit from revolutionary IP-finance loan from NatWest Group
NatWest Group has just announced that Oxfordshire-based software company Sci-Net has become the first high growth company to be given an IP-backed loan from the UK’s largest commercial bank.Sci-Net is borrowing £700,000 from NatWest, via the innovat ...
Parliamentary launch of ‘The UK’s Journey’ in WIPO’s Understanding IP Finance series
Text of address by Martin Brassell, report editor, at the Parliamentary launch of ‘The UK’s Journey’ in WIPO’s Understanding IP Finance seriesFirstly, many thanks to Viscount Camrose for hosting this event, and to Director-General Daren Tang and his ...
Scaling up using your intellectual property (IP)
When it comes to scaling up a business, one potentially valuable asset class that often gets overlooked is the company’s intellectual property and intangible assets (IP). IP refers to intangible creations of the mind, such as patents, designs, trade ...