Intellectual Property & Technology

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Companies that invest in creating intellectual property need to be able to protect that investment and capitalise on it. To do that effectively, they need an adviser who understands that intellectual property issues vary significantly for each business and industry.

Our Intellectual Property & Technology team advises technology and biotechnology companies on the full range of intellectual property issues - ranging from managing intellectual capital issues and protecting intellectual property assets, through to advising on commercialisation options, including transfer through sale or licence and setting up appropriate structures such as spin-offs.

We help businesses in other industries protect their intangible assets, including brands, by advising on protection strategies and acting in intellectual property disputes. We also conduct intellectual property audits to identify intellectual property assets, protection risks and commercialisation opportunities.

Services include:

  • commercialisation and licensing advice
  • competition and consumer law
  • confidential information and trade secrets
  • copyright
  • designs
  • dispute resolution
  • distribution, marketing, agency and supply agreements
  • domain and business names
  • intellectual asset management
  • intellectual property and technology licences and assignments
  • intellectual property audits
  • joint venture and collaborative agreements
  • manufacturing and contracting agreements
  • materials transfer
  • patents (commercialisation and advice)
  • plant breeders' rights
  • research and development
  • trade marks

 

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