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Jemima Kiss

Startup Surgery: Free advice from intellectual property expert Peter Finnie

We're gearing up for another of our podcast Startup Surgeries, this time looking at intellectual property and how to protect and manage it in a potentially global business environment.

Our surgery wizard is Peter Finnie, European patent attorney at Gill Jennings and Every - a specialist in helping startups with IP issues with extensive experience in the investment and entrepreneurial communities.


How do you protect the intellectual property at the heart of your startup? Photograph: KaiChanVong/Some rights reserved

If you're having trouble unravelling those gritty IP issues for your all-important business plan, now's your chance to get free, professional advice. Post your questions below, or send to @jemimakiss on Twitter using the tag #ipsurgery, by 1pm on Thursday 18 June.

Previous Startup Surgeries:

• Mike Reid of Frog Capital on venture capital funding for startups

• Chris Grew from Orrick on specialist legal advice for startups

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