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Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) is a key asset which our solicitors help our clients to identify and commercialise as a means of protecting the asset and generating steady streams of revenue.

Our specialist intellectual property solicitors advise on a wide range of IP disciplines for both the public and private sectors. We can support on all subjects from ownership, vesting and registration through to contractual arrangements for licensing and assigning and/or sales as part of wider corporate transactions.

We advise a range of clients on their IP portfolios, including private SME companies, local authorities, executive agencies and central government.

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Work highlights

  • UK Parliament: Advising the UK Parliament on their intellectual property rights; notably the effect of Parliamentary copyright and their opportunity for suitable trademarking in relation to specific parliamentary bodies and projects.
  • Parliament Works Sponsor Body: Advising the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, a body corporate established by statute, on its intellectual property arrangements.
  • A County Council: Advising a County Council on its intellectual property position having developed computer software in collaboration with an external provider. The Council required advice on all composite parts of the integrated software, including the software object and source code, design features, integrated mechanisms and associated design. Alongside the software the Council also required advice on the rights it held in relation to its digital marketing which was to be used alongside the developed software.
  • A London Borough Council: Advising and representing the Council on a very large IP portfolio generated from ownership of a local museum and gallery, including negotiating licence arrangements in multiple jurisdictions across various suppliers and partners as well as advising on and registering appropriate IP protections.
  • A Private Company: Advising on a corporate restructuring involving a share sale, setting up a new joint venture and negotiating alterations to existing franchise arrangements which divided rights of exclusivity regarding the use of branding and marketing materials across jurisdictions.
  • A Council: Advising a Council on its ability to register and trademark a new commercial product that had been developed in-house.
  • A London Council: Advising a London borough Council on their protective rights regarding the imagery, layout and colours used on their well-known street signs.
  • A Private Company: Advising a number of limited companies on their intellectual property position and rights, as well as ensuring such rights continue in operation through a number of corporate mergers and share sales.
  • A London Council: Advising a London borough Council on their intellectual property options relating to a highly regarded London live music and entertainment event.
  • Various Councils in collaboration: Advising a Council on its intellectual property rights in relation to a project which involved a number of other Councils and thus required suitable division of rights in a collaboration agreement.
  • Various local authorities and private companies: Advising on the suitability of a variety of corporate structures for new joint ventures and providing board governance and general company law advice to a wide range of corporate structures and Group entities.
  • Various local authorities: Advising on intellectual property issues and ownership considerations across several IP disciplines.

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