The IPO offer great resources (including learning tools, events and videos) to help you understand IP and how it can benefit you. Since the original pitch, the company has sold an impressive two million books and has announced a project with the Roald Dahl Estate.

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Campbell declared herself out with several stern words, but the product's potentially life-changing capabilities had won the others over. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.The self-tan was originally launched in Australia by Kate Cotton and Louise Ferguson and is a fake tanning lotion that claims to reduce the appearance of cellulite. Keen to seal the deal for themselves, Suleyman and Lalvani matched Jones and Meaden's offer, and an eager Suleyman quickly offered to drop his 15% to 10% once the investment is paid back. With 27 years’ experience as a bricklayer, Welsh inventor John Boff entered the Den with the EcoSpot: a round, cement-holding mortarboard affixed to an adjustable scaffold, enabling bricklayers to scoop fresh cement without having to bend over and strain their backs – with Boff stating that the product reduces musculoskeletal injuries by 70%, according to a University of Swansea trial. John explained that he had secured a “design patent”, but Tej replied that it was probably a registered design for the UK.

I do think you’ve got an opportunity of putting several thousand of these into the construction industry, and that means that I would get my money back very quickly, and I’ve got pretty much low risk. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). Pitching her remote-controlled, “award-winning, battery-powered airflow backrest cushion” which gently pumps cool air onto wheelchair users’ backs to keep them comfortable and prevent overheating, Staels started strong, with a gleaming endorsement from double Paralympian Michael Kerr, who joined Staels for the opening of her pitch. John Baugh was the first to enter the Den tonight looking for a 25k investment for a 15% share in his business.

I’m going to offer you part of the money, because I think if you had several Dragons, it could work. He probably couldn't have patented it anyway as something like it was published by the Patent Office in 1951 (GB660458). This spicy BBQ sauce was pitched by now household name Levi Roots and was invested by Peter Jones and Richard Farleigh.

I was pleased to hear that John had confidently secured his IP protection, however was it the right type? His product was an adjustable mortar board for fellow brickies that easily attaches to all scaffolding set ups. Adjustable tables F S WAGLAND 19 Feb 1973 [23 Feb 1972] 8274/72 Heading A4H A mortar board for bricklayers comprises a tubular upright (a) mounted on feet (b) welded thereto, a tube (c) telescoping within the upright (a), a pin or bolt (f) engaging a hole (d) in the upright and a selected hole (e) in the tube to secure the tube at the desired height, and flats (g) welded at their intersection to tube (c) and to a table top (h).

Jenny Campbell clapped as Staels informed them that she had a bachelors in international fashion management and a masters in international business and entrepreneurship, while Startups Awards judge Touker Suleyman joked “Perhaps I can give you a job! My point being, even if it does add some time and is a little bit fidly to do, I'd say the pros definitely outweigh the cons! On Sunday night, a revolutionary bricklaying invention, a Black Mirror-esque child tracking device, astronaut-inspired snacks and a “life-changing” product for wheelchair users were all pitched in the Den, with their founders hoping to secure a relationship with one (or more) of the Dragons.