Blog: Why brokers need to think about intellectual property insurance
CFC's Maddi Brown discusses the need for SMEs to protect themselves amid a rise in the number of disputes as larger companies allege IP infringements in the hope that their smaller target won’t have the resource with which to defend itself.
One of the many outcomes of the pandemic so far has been the recognition by businesses of all shapes and sizes of the importance of their intangible assets and the need to protect them – and this includes their intellectual property (IP).
There is more IP in existence than ever before and in more areas than many people realise. As companies constantly look for ways to improve their processes and develop new solutions, new technologies are being developed in less obvious industries such as
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