“We have been working with the intellectual property department of HCR Worcester since 2015, when we engaged them to help us protect EasyRead Time Teacher’s product designs and brand.

“Since then we’ve achieved registered trade mark status in the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA and we’ve established a number of registered design rights in those jurisdictions. More importantly, Emma Kirkpatrick has, on several occasions, successfully prevented other manufacturers and retailers from selling copies of our products.

“We’ve been very pleased with the support we’ve had from HCR and we continue to value their input. From an intellectual property point of view, we now feel much better protected than when we first approached HCR.”

Sue Shackleton, Director, EasyRead Time Teacher.