Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution

We combine careful planning with good judgement to help our clients protect their intellectual property

Our Intellectual Property team handles transactions, disputes and strategy relating to trade marks, patents, copyright, design, data and privacy. Our clients span all sectors, particularly information technology, retail/fashion, financial services, pharmaceuticals and real estate. Our trade mark work includes UK and EU trade mark filing and oppositions and domain name disputes. We help protect some of the world's most famous brands.

We believe that careful planning and good judgement are vital to the effective handling of intellectual property matters. To this end, we combine our different areas of expertise to develop and implement thoughtful intellectual property strategies.

We handle intellectual property disputes in the English High Court and Patents County Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and the European Court of Justice. We also represent clients in the UK Patent Office and at OHIM.

Much of our work has an international flavour. We represent a mix of UK enterprises operating in world markets and overseas entities looking to safeguard their interests in the UK and across Europe. We oversee the protection of our clients’ rights in over 220 countries.

Our key areas of expertise include:

• Trade mark and patent litigation
• Trade mark clearance filing and oppositions
• Copyright and design right
• Domain name disputes
• Licensing technology, content, and trademarks
• Franchising
• Data protection, confidentiality and privacy