Intellectual property

Our IP litigators work on both high-value disputes and smaller issues as well as counterfeiting problems, with a cost-effective approach. We also have chartered trade mark lawyers in house working alongside our specialist IP lawyers to ensure a seamless service.

The majority of our IP work involves tailored advice around industry groups such as film and TV, theatre, publishing, advertising, music, interactive entertainment, software and technology, sport and sponsorship.

At the heart of our IP work is the protection and exploitation of trade mark, copyright, design and branding rights. We frequently advise on advertising issues, including advertising and brand disputes, ad production and associated branding, media buying and sponsorship agreements.

We provide a truly comprehensive IP service offering to clients who rely on the exploitation, development, protection and leveraging of their IP assets. Our very experienced reputation management lawyers are adept at advising on issues around any risks of information or rights leaks.

We offer the full range of trade mark portfolio services and have extensive experience of handling disputes and running brand enforcement programmes internationally. When it comes to brand selection and registration, we have worked with some of the world’s leading brands and household names, including a significant amount of experience with clients operating within the worlds of entertainment and film and TV.

We also run numerous programmes and projects in relation to the enforcement and clearance of IP rights and related anti-counterfeiting strategy. These include global enforcement programmes supported by proactive strategic advice and quick-turnaround, multi-jurisdictional content clearance advice.

Our other services include:

• Copyright
• Brands and image rights
• Trade mark clearance, filing and opposition
• Trade mark portfolio management
• Licensing, franchising and sponsorship
• Protection of product designs
• Passing off and unfair competition
• Patent litigation and transactions, across all fields of technology
• Domain names and business names
• IP in data, software and databases
• Protecting trade secrets and other confidential information
• Coordinating cross-border IP advice from different countries