Inventors and businesses including FE and HE institutions will be able to choose between organisations providing services to inventors with more confidence following the publication by the British Standards Institution (BSI) of a new British Standard setting out for the first time good practice and principals of ethical behaviour for organisations providing services to inventors. The new standard will help inventors to understand what to expect when they begin the process of securing the intellectual property rights for an idea. The new standard BS 8538:2011 is available to purchaser from the British Standards Institution at - http://shop.bsigroup.com/.