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A single home for our announcements, films and LinkedIn posts. Whether you are a member following our progress or a journalist covering our work, this is where Ideas Union shares what it is doing and why.

Announcements

News and updates


JULY 2026

Litigation funding partnership

Ideas Union has partnered with litigation financiers who have offered to finance retrospective cases in excess of USD $250,000.

DECEMBER 2025

Case study series begins

Ideas Union begins publishing case studies — documented histories of commercial concepts taken without payment, and what registration would have changed.

DECEMBER 2025

Ideas Union launches

A collective membership organisation for qualified professionals opens its doors, pooling member resources to register, vault and legally defend commercially valuable ideas.

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Ideas Union — how it works: registering, vaulting and enforcing your Comcepts™.

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Introducing Ideas Union

Because your ideas deserve more than a handshake and a prayer. Every day, qualified professionals share commercially valuable concepts and walk away with nothing when those ideas are used without permission or payment. Ideas Union is a collective that pools members' resources to give individuals the litigation power of a large corporation.

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Xerox PARC GUI: a story of intellectual appropriation

In 1979 a delegation from Apple visited Xerox's Palo Alto research facility and was shown a working graphical user interface. Apple brought those ideas to market; Xerox did not. Over a quarter of creative professionals value concepts taken from them at £100,000–£250,000. Had PARC registered the GUI as a Comcept™, the terms would have been different.

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The Harvard social network dispute

In 2003 three Harvard students building a social network brought in a fourth to help. While still engaged with the team, he launched his own platform. The founders sued; the case settled for tens of millions — a rounding error against what the concept ultimately generated. Our rule: no agreement, no permission, no use.

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