IP Services
Patents
Patent protection for an invention can be used not only to prevent others from benefitting from your investments in R&D but can also open up additional revenue streams.
Acquiring patent protection can be a complicated and expensive process for businesses. It's essential to find the right patent attorney to guide you through the process to help you attain the most commercially useful protection possible.
Our services include:
- Drafting patent applications
- Enforcement of patent rights
- Infringement and validity opinions
- Freedom-to-Operate searches
- Licensing and assignment of patents
Designs
If patents can be described as protection for how something works, designs can be described as protection for how something looks. In short, a design registration helps protect the appearance of a product.
Design rights are often cheaper and quicker to obtain than patents, and registered rights can provide stronger routes to enforcement against infringers compared with unregistered rights.
Our services include:
- Pre-filing design views advice
- Preparation of designs for applications
- Filing strategy advice
Trade Marks
Trade Marks protect your brand, including the names, logos and stylised branding used to distinguish your business from others. Registering a trade mark early can provide you with the ability to prevent others from copying your brand name, but it can also help prevent major issues such as having to rebrand soon after launching a product or service.
Our services include:
- Knock-out searches to identify conflicting registered marks
- Drafting and filing trade mark applications
- Infringement monitoring to identify other businesses using the same or similar marks
Dispute Resolution
Disputes can arise in all areas of intellectual property, and are often centred around the infringement of IP rights. Dealing with these disputes can be expensive, and so we always take a pragmatic approach to these matters and aim to resolve any disputes as cost-effectively as possible.
Our services include:
- Providing infringement and validity opinions
- Reviewing or preparing cease and desist letters
- Negotiating resolutions and settlements of disputes