Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is a generic name for a wide and diverse area of law.

The advantages of Intellectual Property protection are, broadly, the grant of a monopoly on the product or term or slogan to the exclusion of all others. How you acquire and optimise your own intellectual property rights will vary depending on which element (eg design, patents) that you are covering.

Trademark Attorneys and Patent Agents are separate professions. It is possible to make application yourself to the relevant agency. Before you have registered your right you are generally advised to ask any third parties that you are disclosing your products to to sign a confidentiality agreement.
 

Our team of solicitors deal with all areas of intellectual property law and we act for all types of clients. We regularly advise on intellectual property rights for clients wishing to bring claims against others (a common example is if it is alleged that another business has copied another company's product or ideas) or against clients who have received a complaint, or court proceedings.

Our areas of specialism include:

• copyright
• design and design rights
• patents
• trade marks
• confidential information
• database rights
• data protection

We deal with both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property work

We are all aware of leading brands who undoubtedly have their intellectual property rights adequately protected. However, other (usually smaller) businesses often do not have adequate protection.

We often advise businesses who are made aware of competing businesses using the names of products. Very often the client's position would have been adequately (and more cheaply) dealt with by way of protection if appropriate registrations had been undertaken.

Our expert team can assist if you want to protect your rights, or if your rights are being threatened.

Contact us today to discuss your matter.