Posts from LinkedIn
Commentary on IP strategy, commercialisation and finance from Dr Claudia M. Duffy, grouped by topic with the most recent first.
IP insights for growing businesses
Articles and commentary on the IP hidden beneath the surface of a business: brands, AI, ownership gaps and the scale-up agenda.
- ScaleUp Institute Annual Review 2026
Reflections from the launch in London, and why so much of the scale-up agenda is, at its core, about IP.
- Creating or renaming your business brand
The three searches to run before committing to a new name: Companies House, domain names and the UKIPO trade mark register.
- The IP Iceberg: what lies beneath the surface?
Claudia's article in the inaugural IP Tech & Innovation Services Annual on the unregistered rights and know-how most businesses overlook.
- AI tools and your intellectual property
What happens to confidential know-how and unpublished inventions once they pass through an AI tool.
- "You actually own an IP factory"
Why SMEs should catalogue the IP they create every day, and record who created and owns it.
IP commercialisation and policy
Turning research and patents into revenue: CIPA and epi panels, IP assignments, government contract clauses and university spin-outs.
- Chairing "Sustainable Approaches for Commercialising IP"
Panel at CIPA Congress 2026 in Manchester with BAE Systems, the University of Manchester Innovation Factory and Arm.
- CIPA Congress panel announced
What it really takes to bring IP to market and generate lasting value.
- The do's and don'ts of IP assignments
epi webinar on how IP assignments shape inventor agreements, corporate deals, spin-outs and insolvency.
- Commercial implications of IP assignments
Moderating an online discussion with Alan Stuart and the European Patent Office.
- IP clauses in government contracts
A CIPA survey for SMEs and their advisors on grant and procurement IP clauses.
- epi IP commercialisation seminars in Vilnius
Multiple paths to profit, and turning research into revenue.
- "One Year One Mission": university spin-outs
A year on from the Independent Review of University Spinout Companies.
IP finance and funding
Using patents, trade marks, data and know-how to unlock lending, from Scotland's Moveable Transactions Act to the British Business Bank's IP-backed guarantee.
- Fund your business your way
An introduction to IP-backed loans at the Royal Bank of Scotland Business Edinburgh Accelerator.
- £500 million for IP-rich SMEs
The British Business Bank's ENABLE Guarantee allocation, following CIPA's response to HM Treasury and DBT.
- Could your IP portfolio unlock a business loan?
Intangibles now make up around 90% of S&P 500 value; how lenders are starting to recognise them.
- Intellectual Capital: unlocking value via IP finance
CIPA Scotland Regional Meeting session with NatWest Group and Inngot.
- IP Finance: Unlocking Value (Inngot)
Moderating the event with Martin Brassell and Neil Bellamy.
- Unlock the hidden value in your IP
Event at Royal Bank of Scotland Business, Edinburgh.
- Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act in force
Scotland-based SMEs can now use their IP to access debt finance from high-street banks.
Mentoring, education and enterprise
Mentoring young entrepreneurs and HealthTech founders, IP education across Europe, and Scotland's enterprise ecosystem.
- Business Mentor to Revo, Young Enterprise
Congratulations to the teams at the Lothian Regional Company Programme Finals.
- Mentor on the WIPO IP Management Clinic Program
Why IP is foundational for HealthTech founders in a regulated space.
- Join the REVOlution
The Young Enterprise Company Programme for young people across Scotland.
- IP requirements for safeguarding MedTech innovation
MDMC webinar for health and medical technology companies.
- Advancing IP education across Europe
The EPO's free Modular IP Education Framework (MIPEF) for postgraduate and PhD students.
- Business in Parliament 2025
Reflections from the Scottish Parliament's Business in Parliament conference.
- Enterprise education in Scotland's schools
The funding withdrawal from Young Enterprise Scotland and the #SolidarityPledge.