Learn the basics of intellectual property (IP) protection and the importance of trade marks. Find out about IP that could be useful when building your brand.

Lunch and Learn: How to protect your IP in the EU

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In this Lunch and Learn, European lawyer Sophia Bonne lays out the basics of intellectual property (IP) protection with a focus on the importance of trademarks and branding.

You'll also learn more about the types of IP that could be useful when building your brand and the geographical coverage of your protection.

Sophia is senior adviser at the Customer Department, where she's involved with creating and developing the SME projects at the EUIPO.

She's also a Belgian lawyer with more than 25 years of experience in the IP area, including as litigator before the EUCJ and as a certified mediator. Before joining the EUIPO, she was attorney at law at a leading international law firm in Brussels.

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