Intellectual property

Case highlights

• Successfully registering a series of related trade marks in respect of new information sharing system for use by various police forces designed to speed up crime detection and the identification of suspects.
• Determining the ownership of the copyright subsisting in a software solution designed for a new transport delivery model on behalf of a new technology company.
• Successfully acting on behalf of a public body accused of having infringed third-party copyright in a widely read blog.
• Advising on the IP issues arising out of a publishing arrangement in respect of a commemorative book and drafting a bespoke publishing contract.
• Developing an enforcement and brand management strategy for a central London authority’s recently acquired copyright in its street name plates and drafting the contractual documentation for the licensing of these rights to third parties.
• As part of a substantial intellectual property right dispute, advising on the use of ‘clean room design’ procedures as a method of avoiding infringing third-party IP rights.
• Advising a central government department on a passing off claim and potential domain name dispute.
• Securing a local authority’s ownership of the IP rights subsisting in a bespoke animation to be rolled out for the promotion of oral health amongst children.
• Assisting a public body in protecting its copyright in a suite of educational documents prepared for schools and academies and drafting related licence agreements.
• Advising technology start-ups on trade mark registration process and strategies for the protection of IP, including copyrighted works, confidential information and trade marks.
• Acting for a central government department on complex software licensing and IP rights relating to a major IT outsourcing programme, including assisting with the continued use of IP.
• Advising on complex copyright and moral rights issues in multiple jurisdictions arising out of the international tour of a theatre production and working on related agreements with the production’s musicians, producers, composer, author and leading actor.