Intellectual property

Businesses generate IP constantly – through new products, brand development, and everyday operations. We help them identify and protect it. Our work covers national and international applications and registrations, including responding to refusals, office objections, and other related procedural matters.

Following registration, we handle the ongoing maintenance of IP rights, such as renewals and recordals of changes. At every stage, we help businesses make informed decisions about what to protect, where to seek protection, and how best to respond to obstacles along the way.

IP registration is only part of effective protection. We help businesses establish frameworks that secure their IP and confidential information, including agreements with employees, contractors, and other engaged individuals, as well as internal policies and other protective instruments.

We ensure that IP rights allocation, moral rights, and remuneration models are clearly addressed and structured to support the intended commercial arrangement.

Once IP is secured, its value depends on how it is used. We guide businesses through structuring, negotiating, and implementing arrangements that allow them to commercialise their IP, whether through licensing, assignments, commercial agreements, or collaboration with others.

We represent clients before the IP office to record assignments, licences, and other registrations. Our work includes basic transactions and complex multi-party projects.

When IP rights are challenged, infringed, or at risk, we help businesses protect their position and resolve disputes.

We represent clients before the IP office in oppositions and cancellation proceedings, before the courts in infringement and other litigation, and in negotiations and cease-and-desist correspondence.