Do

- Use confidentiality letters for all initial discussions with anyone other than a professional advisor enjoying legal professional privilege (see attached Model Confidentiality Letter, which may need to be tailored to your specific requirements)

- Check (or have us check) for pre-existing rights before developing a proposed invention, design, trade mark or artwork/literature

- Check (or have us check) for prior publications or disclosures before filing, or at the latest before committing to substantial expenditure on prosecuting a patent or registered design application

- Ensure you secure all possible intellectual property rights to which you are entitled - obtain assignments and/or licences to use where required

- Review (or have us review) your intellectual property right portfolio regularly, to maintain the most appropriate range of protective rights

Do Not

- claim [registered] rights that you do not have or are not entitled to

- threaten others under intellectual property rights without taking professional advice first