Intellectual property is a key asset of many businesses. How a company manages its intellectual property portfolio impacts its bottom line. Therefore, it is crucial to develop an intellectual property strategy to manage and exploit your innovation, while fully protecting your IP assets.
In today’s global economy, Intellectual Property rights must be used innovatively in order to maintain a competitive edge. The challenge of protecting these crucial assets is formidable. Our experienced Intellectual Property group provides strategic commercial advice and solutions for our clients, both locally and internationally.
The attorneys of the Intellectual Property group have a wealth of expertise in intellectual property law and the related disciplines which underlie technology and trade protection issues. These disciplines include patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and competition law.
Typical transactions we advise on include:
- Starting up technology companies
- Contracts for developing, licensing and procuring rights for software and hardware
- Copyright, including software copyright, Internet-related issues, agreement licences and international agreements involving products protected by copyright
- Data protection
- Research and development agreements, licensing, joint ventures and other cooperation agreements concerning the use of technology and marks
- Trademark law – protection measures and actions against misuse and infringement of rights
- Protecting trademarks, designs and patents
- Matters relating to illegal and unfair marketing and advertising
- Contract negotiations
- International cooperation and reporting system