Intellectual Property

Intellectual property holds immense value, often ranking among your most prized assets. Safeguarding it should be a key part of your business strategy.

Our specialist commercial team has extensive expertise in intellectual property (IP) law and can give you practical, commercially focused advice on protecting and exploiting your IP.

We offer a comprehensive range of tactical and strategic legal services for managing your intellectual property, from digital rights and trademarks to IP audits, licensing and disposal.

Where disputes arise, our in-depth knowledge of the relevant legislation and regulatory controls means we can expertly advise you. We provide highly effective litigation support or can guide you to the most appropriate form of alternative dispute resolution.

Our advisory services cover a wide spectrum of IP-related matters, including:

• Copyright, which protects artistic, musical, dramatic and literary works
• Management of digital rights, for example, allowing individuals to access and use digital content
• Trademarks, which are signs or symbols used to distinguish specific products or services
• Know-how, defined in the EU as a package of information resulting from experience and testing which is secret, substantial and identified
• Brand protection
• Advertising
• Domain names, including registrations and transfers