Guidance

Intellectual Property: One day workshop

Updated 24 October 2025

1. Introduction

Join our CPD-accredited one-day workshop, designed for business owners, inventors, designers, coaches, accountants, lecturers, and IP managers. Led by the IPO Business Outreach Team, you’ll gain practical insights into:

  • protecting and defending your IP in the UK and abroad

  • understanding others’ IP to avoid legal issues

  • managing trade secrets and confidentiality

The workshop is interactive and engaging, featuring presentations, case studies, quizzes, and exercises. A booklet is provided for reference.

2. Why learn with us?

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) can help businesses, innovators and entrepreneurs understand how intellectual property (IP) can create value from their ideas, turning inspiration into sustainable business success.

Our new one-day CPD accredited workshop has been designed for business owners, inventors, product designers, business coaches, accountants, university lecturers and those with the responsibility for managing an IP portfolio to learn about IP from the IPO Business Outreach Team gaining an understanding of IP and how it can impact a business.

You will learn about:

· protecting and defending your own IP – at home and abroad

· understanding other people’s IP and how to avoid trouble

· trade secrets and confidentiality

The workshop will be informative with a booklet provided and it will be engaging and interactive, bringing IP to life through presentations, case studies, quizzes and exercises.

3. Classroom dates

  • 18 November 2025
    9am to 4:30pm
    (lunch and refreshments provided)

Future Inn Bristol
Bond Street (South),
Bristol,
BS1 3EN

  • 25 February 2026
    9am to 4:30pm
    (lunch and refreshments provided)
    Manchester - Venue TBC

4. Cost and payment methods

The cost of this workshop is: £125 + VAT

Complete and submit the GOV.UK One day workshop booking form and pay using a credit or debit card

IP Workshop booking form – Complete the 1 day workshop form and email to ipworkshop@ipo.gov.uk for any other payment methods.

5. Further information

Pre-learning

Please complete the IP Equip online course, before attending this workshop.

Further information, if you would like to find out more information about the workshop please email ipworkshop@ipo.gov.uk.