As part of the forthcoming 'World Intellectual Property Day', Dr Abbe Brown, lecturer in IT law, explored the themes of invention, sharing and reward with an innovative and inspiring class of 6 year olds from the Lothians area. 

Those anxious about the future of our knowledge economy would be reassured by the range of inventions developed by the  pupils - with a strong focus on robots to avoid chores and homework; and those who struggle with the appropriate power of IP owners will be pleased to see the pupils' identification of the key issues: "it's fair to share", "I wouldn't charge", "I want to be rich" and "It's mine and I should be in charge of who owns it".

World IP day is on 26 April  and Abbe will be celebrating this by visiting a Primary 7 class.

Read more about World IP Day.