Our expert team will help you navigate your IP journey from the registration of trade marks and designs, to enforcing and exploiting your rights and dealing with infringement claims. Our specialist solicitors work with you to identify and protect your rights with a bespoke IP strategy.
Your IP rights cover everything from your brand name and product designs to your processes and online presence. However, understanding and unpicking what protections are granted can be a minefield. We can provide advice in clear language to identify your rights, ensure they are safeguarded and explain how to capitalise them.
Sometimes you may find yourself in need of a trusted lawyer to bring or defend a claim. Our specialist Intellectual Property Team can help each step of the way and demystify the legal landscape. The focus of our advice will be on settling the claim most cost effectively, often without recourse to proceedings.
As a top firm for client satisfaction, we have built a reputation as good listeners who can help break down complex legal jargon into words you can understand. We are experts at advising on your individual situation and we act for clients across a range of industries, with specialist expertise working with market leaders, charities, local councils start ups and everything in between.
Safeguarding your assets
Thoughtful IP registration lies at the heart of many a business success but we understand that registration can frequently be overlooked. We can assist you with the registration of:
- Trade marks
A trade mark is an essential way to protect your brand. We will lead you through each stage of the registration process, from choosing which trade marks to register and in which classes, through to preparing your applications and using your trade marks to generate investment. We can also act for you if you need to oppose someone's trade mark application or defend your own registration.
- Designs
Having invested in your product design, it is important to prevent the unauthorised copying. Whether your design rights are unregistered or registered, our solicitors advise on registration and how to enforce your designs, as well as defending any infringement claims.
We can advise in relation to:
- Copyright
Copyright protects words, images, music, designs and can protect things like your business plan and website. It can’t be registered but you can rely on it to prevent someone from copying your work without permission. Identifying and recording ownership is vital at the outset of almost any commercial endeavour. We can help you exploit your copyright by licensing it and assigning it. We can also assist with enforcing your rights or defending against infringement claims.
- Protecting confidential information
From customer details and price lists to trade secrets and expert know-how, your confidential information is a key business asset. We advise on how to guard this from misuse, including data protection, non-disclosure agreements and dealing with breaches of confidentiality.
- Domain disputes
Your online presence is vital to generating business and protecting reputation - the loss or hijacking of a domain can be catastrophic. We help you to defend your brand, dealing with disputes relating to your domain.
- Intellectual Property Infringement on Amazon
If you find yourself on the receiving end of an Intellectual Property Infringement Report we can explain the process and consider whether you have been infringing someone else’s rights.
- Enforcing your IP rights
If a competitor has taken advantage of your hard-earned reputation, our specialist team will guide you through the enforcement process to resolve the issue as swiftly and economically as possible. Some claims do not require a hearing but we can represent you before the Intellectual Property Office Tribunal or in court in the unlikely event court action is required.
- Defending IP infringement claims
If you are facing allegations of infringing somebody else's intellectual property rights, we can help you to respond to this. You often have one chance at defending a claim and instructing our specialist lawyers will give you the best chance of framing your position in the strongest way.
- Alternative dispute resolution in IP disputes
Most IP disputes are resolved without any court action. We can advise you about different options open to you and discuss creative solutions to your problem. Instructing a lawyer demonstrates that you take your legal rights and obligations seriously and that you will robustly preserve your position.
We also advise on information technology, data protection and e-commerce, which can all be closely related to intellectual property, as well as personal data, websites and the conduct of your online business.
Protect your IP rights
You can contact our Intellectual Property Team to speak with a lawyer in a free preliminary, no-obligation phone or video call. We are a team of specialist litigation lawyers with a focus on providing pragmatic advice and resolving disputes quickly, efficiently and with the best outcome achievable.
You can call us on 01392 207020 or fill in the ‘Get in touch’ form on our website.