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Getting Started with Patents 

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If you have a great idea or invent something the last thing you want is someone to steal the idea. One of the things you can do is protect the intellectual property of on the idea by using patents. If your new to patents, confused on the process or want to know how the process works the IET have a good introductory video which you can be viewed at:

http://kn.theiet.org/news/jul10/patentingvideo.cfm

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