Our technical skill and pragmatic approach help you can protect what matters most – your ideas, strategies and innovations.
We help you respond to evolving legal risks in an increasingly competitive world. From identifying and securing valuable data and information to responding to theft and misuse.
How we help:
- Drafting and reviewing confidentiality clauses and employment agreements to ensure robust obligations of confidence are in place.
- Building secure frameworks for sharing confidential information in partnerships, joint ventures and development agreements.
- Addressing breaches quickly and decisively, including obtaining interim injunctions, damages and “springboard” relief.
- Taking action to recover or securely destroy sensitive data disclosed improperly.
- Implementing proactive measures to mitigate risks, including employee training, internal policies and monitoring systems.
Our experience includes:
- Representing New Laxmi, the UK’s leading retailer of Nepalese jewellery, in infringement proceedings against a competitor and former employee for infringement of copyright, together with relate claims for misuse of confidential information.
- Advising a car manufacturer in relation to the unauthorised use and publication of copyright works featuring a new car by a former employee and designer of the car.
- Advising a clinical research organisation in relation to crucial IP rights in software created by a strategically important employee who is leaving the business.