From Ideas to Growth - Helping SMEs Get Value from their Intellectual Property Conclusions

On 7 November 2012 IPO published its conclusions to the ‘From ideas to growth’ discussion paper. The conclusions have taken into account the discussions and comments received in response to the discussion paper and set out the IPO’s plans for the future. These plans build upon current work and set out new initiatives to ensure that SMEs can access the advice and support they need to understand and maximise the value of intellectual property to their business.We would very much like to thank all those individuals and organisations that took part in this discussion. The conversations, thoughts and ideas were rich and plentiful and have helped us hone our plans for the coming year and beyond