Intellectual Property Sub

Businesses of all kinds have intellectual property rights whether they know it or not. Good businesses make the most of their intellectual property and manage it effectively. They know that intellectual property rights confer competitive advantage and represent a valuable source of revenue.

Our intellectual property lawyers provide advice and practical help throughout the life cycle of all kinds of intellectual property rights, from the creation of brands, copyright works, designs and inventions through to strategies for their management, development and exploitation.  We aim to be proactive and commercially-aware and provide all of our services at a competitive price.

We can help in the following areas:

• acquisition of all intellectual property rights including patents, registered trade marks and designs and domain names
• actions for infringement of intellectual property rights, passing off and misuse of confidential information and trade secrets
• advice on the identification of unregistered intellectual property rights such as trade marks, designs, copyright database right, moral rights and image rights
• advice on confidentiality, non-disclosure, trade secrets and privacy
• assignment, licensing and exploitation of intellectual property
• audits of intellectual property
• copy clearance of marketing and advertising materials
• copyright and moral rights aspects of artistic and literary publications
• database protection and exploitation
• domain name disputes
• due diligence examination of intellectual property rights relevant to corporate transactions
• drafting of agreements and other documents, including licences, assignments, confidentiality agreements, agreements for R & D, consultancy and collaboration
• management of intellectual property portfolios.