Digital Spark – IP in the creative industries, 5 – 6 September 2012

Are you making the most of your IP?

The third annual Digital Spark conference brings together under one roof all the expertise you need to seize control of your intellectual property, make the right connections, accelerate your projects, grow your business and increase your profits.

Themes for Digital Spark 2012

For SMEs in the digital creative industries, this not-to-be-missed conference is a chance to learn how to understand and exploit effective intellectual property management, even on a modest budget. Meet the people who can make this happen for you.

• Legal and commercial challenges faced by traditional content-creating companies who start making physical products
• The challenge of working in an open source environment
• Current patent battles in the USA
• Dealing with patent trolls
• Access to finance

Already confirmed for Digital Spark 2012

• Opening Address:
  • Fiona Hyslop,
    Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Scottish Government
• Keynote speakers:
  • Hogarth Andall,
    Director of Intellectual Property and Technology, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • Amanda Brock,
    General Legal Counsel, Canonical

5/6 September 2012

The conference is organised and promoted by the University of Abertay Dundee, which is renowned as an international centre of excellence for teaching and knowledge exchange in the digital creative industries.

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