Professional advice
The Law Society can usually
supply the details of suitable solicitors
in your area. It is also possible to get advice from certain barristers 
who are
licensed for public access. However, professionals who belong to the Institute of Trade
Mark Attorneys
and the Chartered Institute of Patent
Attorneys
are especially useful in helping you obtain and understand your IP rights:
Other sources of advice include:
- PATLIB UK centres are based around the United
Kingdom (UK), PATLIB centres provide advice on both patenting and searching patents.
- Business
Link can provide advice on exploiting your ideas.
- Innovation
Relay Centres (IRCs) are a European wide network,
with a number of centres in the UK. Each can provide consulting services on
IP rights.
- NESTA ,The
National Endowment for Science, Technology and
the Arts provide a useful handbook on invention and innovation.
There
are a number of other organisations geared specifically to helping inventors, especially lone inventors,
to bring their ideas to market, and to provide advice on finding financial assistance. For example,
The Institute of Patentees and Inventors (IPI)
is a non-profit making organisation that specifically helps lone inventors.
