In an increasingly connected world, those seeking to infringe intellectual property are finding new ways to achieve their aims.

It is also becoming more difficult for businesses to deal with infringers. Infringements often have a pronounced international character and can be characterised by a mixture of online and offline activity.

Intellectual property rights fall into one of more of these four main areas: 

• Patents
• Copyright
• Trade marks and passing off
• Design rights, registered and unregistered

Often, a strong response to infringement will depend on whether or not your have identified and registered your IP assets properly.

Our Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys understand the legal basis for protection of your Intellectual Property Assets in each of these main areas. We are experienced in registering patents, trade marks and designs in the UK, Europe and Internationally. We have registered patents and trade marks for clients in most of the countries of the world, including many in the USA, China, India, Brazil, Japan, the Russian Federation and South Korea. The team are quick to identify the steps needed to be taken in order to protect your IP assets. We work with you and offer suggestions as to how to best protect your intellectual property – then with your instructions we bring the Intellectual property assets into being.

Our IP lawyers also have experience in a wide range of matters including (but not limited to):

• Counterfeit goods
• Intellectual property litigation relating to all types of IP, including infringement, including passing off
• Domain name disputes
• Trade mark oppositions
• Trade mark cancellations

If you have any questions, please call the Intellectual Property team on 01206 217620 to arrange a consultation. 

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