With labs reopening at a reduced capacity, Appleyard Lees will discuss cost-effective strategies for protecting inventions and maintaining IP rights and talk about approaches companies should take to mitigate the impact of COVID-related disruption.

Given the rapid need for certain technologies, we are likely to see more parties working collaboratively. This will inevitably result in complex ownership questions which, if not clearly defined at the outset, maybe significantly harder to resolve at a later stage. We will address some of the key considerations given to ownership of IP rights.

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