Sheffield IP Clinics

Sheffield Central Library

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Jane Lambert

For over 11 years I have held an IP clinic in Barnsley on the second Tuesday of every month (see IP Yorkshire Clinics 17 Aug 2018).  I have now been invited by the Sheffield Business and IP Centre to hold a similar clinic at Sheffield Central Library in Surrey Street.

My first clinic will take place on Wednesday 10 April 2019 between 14:00 and 16:00.   It will be very much on the same lines as the Barnsley clinic. Up to 4 free consultations of 30 minutes each will be available at each session.

My clinics will supplement the CIPA's existing ones.  As I wrote in Whom you gonna call? IP Professionals and what they do 2 April 2019 NIPC Wales, each of the intellectual property professions has its strengths. My expertise lies in IP strategy. dispute avoidance and dispute resolution and commercialization and I shall focus on those matters.

Anyone wishing to book a slot should call Sarah Hogan, the Library and Information Officer, on 0114 273 4852 or email her on Sarah.Hogan@sheffield.gov.uk.  Anyone wishing to discuss this article may call me on 020 7404 55252 or send me a message through my contact form.

Hull Central Library joins PatLib

Hull

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PatLib is a European network of some 320 patent information centres where members of the public can obtain information about patents and other intellectual property rights. There are 15 of those centres in the United Kingdom including three in Yorkshire. I write about the network in PatLib Libraries in the UK 28 Jan 2015 Inventors Club.

Hull Central Library is the latest to join the PatLib network. Its reference library holds an enormous collection of resources for business in print and on-line including an Enterprise Hub where workshops and seminars take place. The full range of services include:

• information on Intellectual Property (IP), copies of Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and European Patent Office (EPO) literature
• enquiry service
• assisted searching by appointment only
• fee based document supply
• referrals to other advice/service providers
• free public access to internet, IP information resources, business and company databases, market research databases
• patent clinics offering free appointments with IP advisrrs by appointment
• workshops and Seminars.

Information on  those services can be obtained from the reference library on (0)14 8222 3344.

These additional services have arrived at an opportune time. In her report for The Business Desk Humber LEP continues to drive growth for region of 30 Jan 2015 Ellie Newton-Syms wrote about the strong recovery of the Humber estuary based largely on investments in the energy industry. With falling oil prices this will be a challenging time even for the renewable sector and businesses will need to be agile to ride the challenge. Having access to the latest technical literature and expert advice has never been more important.

If anyone wants to discuss this article or IP generally call me on 01484 599090 or use my contact form.