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| Author Ian M Licence CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Lawrence Batley Theatre |
The Huddersfield Literature Festival has come to an end today. Its ambitious programme can be viewed here. I attended Culture Collective's Networking Event for the Festival, which took place in a tent in the forecourt of the Lawrence Batley Theatre.
The event attracted artists, authors, impresarios, studio owners and academics. I was there as an intellectual property lawyer and founder of Powerhouse Ballet. As I circulated around the tent I was asked questions about the subsistence of copyrights, performers' rights and the registration of trade marks
These are the sort of questions that I am asked in my pro bono Initial Advice and Signposting service, which I have offered to creatives, entrepreneurs, inventors and other innovators in Huddersfield since 2004. If an enquiry falls within my expertise, I will address it. If it falls outside, I will refer the enquirer to another professional, such as a product design consultant or a patent or trade mark attorney, who will give the enquirer up to 30 minutes of his or her time for free.
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