Intellectual and Industrial Property Law

Intellectual and Industrial Property Law

In the protection, use and commercial dealing of trade marks, patents, designs and copyright we advise with the nature of the intellectual assets and the needs of the rightholders kept in view. The scope of protection and the ways the rights are used are examined in detail; contractual arrangements are prepared with the business’s operating model and the commercial purpose of the rights assessed together.

In the development and licensing of works, software, inventions and designs we attach importance to a clear allocation of ownership and use rights, and the parties’ rights and obligations are treated on that basis. We conduct processes to preserve evidence, stop infringement and recover loss, and we assess the available protective tools together with the commercial and digital setting in which the product, content or mark is used.

Services

• Legal support in registration, opposition and ownership processes for trade marks, patents and designs.
• Drafting and negotiating licence, assignment, commissioning, publishing and technology-use agreements.
• Assessing ownership of works and inventions created by employees and independent contractors.
• Advising on use permissions and copyright in software, images, text and other content.
• Conducting evidence-preservation and cease-and-desist processes in counterfeiting, unauthorised use and other infringements.
• Following actions for injunction, prevention, invalidity and damages.
• Representation in domain-name disputes and unfair-competition claims connected with IP rights.
• Conducting interim-relief applications and, where the conditions are met, criminal complaints.