Intellectual Property
- Trademarks and Brands
Our expertise includes:
- Trademark registration, whether in the context of a company startup through to the expansion of an established portfolio
- Trademark oppositions, both prosecuting and defending
- Licensing of trademarks
- Acquisition of trademarks, whether as part of a share or business acquisition, or upon the insolvency of a company or as a confidential matter
- Domain names registration, transfer and disputes
- All trademark and branding issues arising from intellectual property aspects of corporate transactions
- Patents
We provide advice on the following:
- Acquisition of patent rights
- Assignment and licensing of patented technology;
- Identifying latent issues in corporate transactions
- Patent disputes, including patent litigations
We have experience in the enforcement of patent rights.
- Copyrights, Design and Databases
Our IP practice covers a wide variety of copyright, database and design disputes and transactions.
We also advise on contracts for the acquisition of creative works, designs, computer software, databases, media rights and other publishing rights.
We also have considerable expertise and experience within the increasingly important area of digital rights management and copy protection technology.
We provide advice on the acquisition, exploitation, use and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
We have expertise in a wide range of areas, including manufacturing, trade and commerce; information technology; financial services; and pharmaceuticals.
We have expertise in relation to the acquisition of rights, licensing, technology transfers, joint ventures, research and development, supply and distribution agreements, data protection and data privacy.
We have particular expertise in trademark and patent prosecution and are quipped to ensure the protection of trademarks and patents.
We are particularly skilled in dispute resolution and the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, patents, copyrights and database rights, registered and unregistered designs, and the law of passing off.
