Going to a fair with your new designs requires a lot of preparation and consideration - and some of it should address legal issues. Jewellery designer Angie Boothroyd talks about why she shows her designs at trade and retail fairs and what she does to make it a success.

For example, Angie always commissions a professional photographer to take pictures of her designs. In order to retain control over the copies of these photos it is necessary to have a written agreement with the photographer - an example of which you can purchase from the Own-it website.

Resources:

• My precious:The IP in jewellery
• Going for gold
• What is a trade mark?
• How to protect your company or brand name
• Can I protect a slogan?
• Own-it Registered Designs Factsheet
• Own-it Patent Factsheet
• Design into manufacture: Making the big leap
• Non Disclosure Confidentiality Agreement (NDA)
• Who owns the copyright in the photograph?
• Own-it Copyright Factsheet

Credits:

Designer: Angie Boothroyd
Lawyer: Megan O'Callaghan, Briffa
Camera: Donald Bousted
Camera Assistant: Alex Hedley
Post Production: Best Bits Media Ltd
Produced by Silvia Baumgart
Narrated by Nick Kaplony
Photos by Laurent Bochet, Angie Boothroyd, Sylvain Deleu and Keith Leighton
Filmed at Cockpit Arts and the Business Design Centre
Commissioned by Own-it

• exhibiting
• selling
• intellectual property
• craft
• creative industries
• entrepreneurship
• Jewellery
• legal
• self employment
• photography