Intellectual Property (IP)

All businesses have intellectual property (IP) and it’s vital that these important business assets are protected. IP can be in the form of trade marks, patents, designs, confidential information and trade secrets. A good IP portfolio can help to maximise your business’ potential and reduces the risk of disputes later. Ensuring the correct IP protections are in place is also attractive for potential investors, helping with your business’ future growth plans.

Our intellectual property experts can help you identify your IP, ensure it is protected and help commercialise your IP assets by putting the right licensing agreements and contracts in place. If someone is using your IP assets without your permission, or infringing on your rights, we also have specialist IP lawyers who can help navigate and find commercial solutions to IP disputes.

Expertise

Our intellectual property team have supported clients with a wide variety of intellectual property matters including:

• The negotiation of a copyright licence to enable our client to produce merchandise consisting of phrases from a popular book.
• Advising, reviewing and negotiating a client’s sponsorship of major sporting events.
• Assisting a vineyard with its brand protection and trade mark registrations.
• Helping a technology client with its sponsorship of a sports stadium.
• Supporting a household retail brand with its influencer, brand ambassador and endorsement arrangements.
• Advising a start up company within the soft drink industry on its intellectual property and supplier contracts.

Our intellectual property team have experience with the following:

• Collaboration agreements
• Company name advice
• Confidential information and trade secrets
• Design right advice and registration
• Domain name advice and disputes
• Franchise agreements
• Supporting the transfer of IP assets when buying and selling a business.
• Intellectual property assets audit.
• White label agreements
• Licensing of IP rights
• Liaising with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) 
• Defending intellectual property infringement
• Trade mark registration within UK and internationally.
• Trade mark portfolio management
• Intellectual property disputes and infringement