We quickly grasp complex, technical issues in life sciences and technology, to provide smart solutions, maximise commercial advantage and resolve conflict. We are also adept at protecting and enforcing brands, designs and confidential information.
We build strong client relationships to ensure your IP strategy always aligns with your long-term goals.
We excel at managing multi-jurisdictional matters and help you navigate international IP law, no matter where your business operates.
How we help:
- Bringing and defending claims for patent, trade mark, copyright and design right infringement.
- Drafting, evaluating and negotiating IP and know how licensing agreements.
- Crafting effective brand protection strategies, including applying for and opposing trade marks around the world.
- Protecting trade secrets and resolving employee competition disputes.
- Managing reputation, defamation and privacy concerns.
- Advising on data breaches and cyberfraud.
- IP audits, transactions, due diligence and valuation.
Our experience includes:
- Advising Must Have Ideas, one of the fastest growing e-commerce and TV shopping businesses in the UK, on template TV presenter agreements, trade mark oppositions and infringement disputes, and taking enforcement action against infringing companies using the brand and imagery to sell products.
- Acting for mAbxience on its strategic global partnership in relation to in-licensing of an oncology biosimilar candidate as part of its expansion strategy.
- Advising ParentPay on its proposed incorporation of certain e-book works into Reading Cloud, its school library management software, with a particular focus on certain copyright infringement risks.
- Advising a production company on copyright infringement issues arising out of a game released on an online game platform which used characters and other content from the client’s successful television franchise.
- Advising a life sciences business on a strategic acquisition of a biotechnology company to expand its drug portfolio.
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