Intellectual Property Audit

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Intellectual Property Audit

Innovate UK Business Growth have teamed up with the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) to offer British businesses a grant to subsidise the cost of a professional IP audit (known as the IP Advance Scheme). Businesses can therefore benefit from a full IP audit at a fraction of the usual cost.

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