Advice on all aspects of intellectual property and media issues from the creation and development of intellectual property assets, through to their exploitation and enforcement.
We act for clients advising on celebrity endorsement issues.
Media work includes advice on all aspects of defamation including hard copy and internet formats, trade libel and comparative advertising disputes.
We advise on issues including:
- Drafting and enforcing confidentiality agreements
- Advising on misuse of confidential information, trade secrets and know how
- Drafting and advising on research and development agreements
- Drafting and advising on licensing agreements both within the UK and cross border arrangements.
- Drafting and advising on brand exploitation and celebrity endorsement agreements
- Advising on issues of parallel imports, counterfeiting and trading standards regulations
- Advice on comparative advertising and trade libel
- Passing off and trademark infringement claims
- Design right, and registered design protection and exploitation
- Patent protection enforcement and exploitation
- Database, copyright and software protection enforcement and exploitation
- IT software development and procurement
- Data Protection Issues
- Defamation issues including hard copy and internet formats
