Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Intellectual property is often the most valuable asset a business owns, and one of the easiest to lose through inaction. Registrations that lapse, agreements that do not properly assign rights, infringers that go unchallenged — these problems compound over time. We help clients secure their IP properly and defend it when it is threatened.

Our IP practice covers the full range of acquisition, commercialisation, and enforcement work. We advise on IP strategy, manage registration and prosecution processes, represent clients in opposition and infringement proceedings, and structure licensing and joint venture arrangements that protect our clients’ commercial interests.

SUB-AREAS

Trademark registration, renewals, and portfolio management

Patent registration and prosecution

Copyright registration

Design registration

Drafting, filing, and prosecution of trademark and patent applications

IP litigation — infringement, opposition, and invalidity proceedings

Strategic licensing arrangements and joint ventures

IP advisory in commercial transactions