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  • Videographers beware of prospects who rip off your storyboard

    As a videographer you send your storyboard to your prospect, only to discover your video on YouTube, Instagram or TikTok: they got someone else to produce your video. Now with PitchMark Ideas Exchange they can contract you to produce the video or pay you a license fee for your storyboard, so you get paid for your concepts even if they engage someone else for the project.

    Don't let your storyboard be the creative spark for someone else's TikTok video
  • PR firms put up with having their work copied without permission - until now

    Retainer work is hard to come by in the PR industry, which means most of your output is project-based. Worst of all, they might just use the written materials you produce without any payment to you at all. Now with PitchMark® Ideas.Exchange they are on notice that you reserve all rights to your work. If they accept it they can pay for it straight away.

    Your work may be difficult to quantify but whether on retainer or project based you should get paid for it
  • Full stack web designers can now get paid, even if their prospects hire a cheaper coder

    You receive a request from a prospect to re-design their website. You submit a great concept, only to find your Figmas were implemented on the prospect's website without any recognition, let alone payment. Now with PitchMark® Ideas.Exchange they can either award the web creation contract to you so you can implement your designs, or they can license your designs from you.

    Websites make or break a business - if you've come up with a great concept you should be paid for it
  • Freelance writers avoid copyright breaches, and get paid faster, when they submit articles to editors

    You research a story, conduct interviews and craft your article. But after the editor has copy-tasted it they decline - only to assign one of their staff reporters to rewrite it. Now with PitchMark® Ideas.Exchange the editor is on notice that you reserve all rights to your work. Plus if they decide to publish your story they can license it from you straight away, and pay you faster.

    Make it as difficult as possible to circumvent copyright laws, and get paid for your written articles sooner
  • Graphic designers can now deter idea theft, and get paid for their designs

    Ordinarily graphic designers create creative pitches, marketing plans, logo designs, and more. The problem is when the prospect declines your ideas, only to implement your creatives by themselves or hand them to a competing design firm to execute. Now with PitchMark® Ideas.Exchange they can either award the contract to you, or they can license your concepts from you.

    Your graphic designs are your life blood, and you should get paid for your creativity
  • Architects can now sell their plans using PitchMark® Ideas.Exchange

    Ordinarily you create architectural drawings for a prospect. But then the prospect hires someone else to execute your plans and doesn't even acknowledge your work, let alone pay you for it. With PitchMark® Ideas.Exchange your prospect can instantly license your plans, and you get paid straight away by credit card.

    You've designed the construction plans, and you should get paid for your work
  • PitchMark It Before Pitch It: NTW 2025 Session Delivers Powerful Case for IP Protection in Sustainable Procurement

    Building on its success earlier in the week, PitchMark concluded its participation in Malaysia’s National Training Week (NTW) 2025, with a webinar on Friday, June 20th, for Chief Sustainability Officers concerning the importance of intellectual property protection in the context of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda. Entitled “Developing Compliance with SDGs 8 & 12 Through Ven

  • Protecting Ideas, Preserving Trust: How Pitchmark is Raising Awareness of Procurement Ethics at NTW 2025

    PitchMark continued its participation in Malaysia’s National Training Week (NTW) 2025, on June 19th by presenting a standout webinar entitled “Reducing Risk of Vendor IP Infringement” for Chief Procurement Officers to equip them with procedural guidelines and practical tools for respecting vendors’ intellectual property (IP) when receiving tender bids and pitches.
    Led by PitchMark Founder Ma

  • HR, IP & Ethical Sourcing: A Resounding Success at NTW 2025

    On June 16th PitchMark® presented an online workshop entitled “Enforcing Staff Compliance with your Organization’s IP Policy” as part of Malaysia’s National Training Week for more than 40 registered attendees, exploring the intersection of intellectual property (IP) and the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Agenda (SDA).
    The SDA dates back to 2015 and consists of 17 goals endorsed unan

  • From Innovation to Impact: Why IP Protection is Key to Sustainable Production

    In the race to build a more sustainable world, ideas are everything. From biodegradable packaging to energy-efficient engines, it is innovation that transforms good intentions into tangible change. But innovation is not a spontaneous or risk-free process. It takes investment, commitment, and time – all of which hinge on an essential guarantee that innovators’ ideas will be protected.
    This is wh

  • How Respecting Intellectual Property Drives Decent Work and Economic Growth

    In today's dynamic global economy, innovation is the cornerstone of sustainable progress. From medical breakthroughs to digital advancements, the ideas that shape our future depend on a framework of trust and fair recognition. At the heart of this framework lies intellectual property (IP), ensuring that creators, inventors, and businesses are justly rewarded for their innovations. For organization

  • Brazilian Judge Orders Global Removal of Adele’s Song Over Plagiarism Suit

    Global music icon Adele is at the center of a legal storm after a Brazilian court ordered her 2015 song Million Years Ago to be removed from streaming platforms worldwide.
    A judge in Rio de Janeiro’s 6th Commercial Court reportedly issued a preliminary injunction last week instructing Sony Brazil and Universal Music Brazil to stop “immediately and globally…using, reproducing, editing, distribut

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