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Our expertise

Our team of solicitors, trade mark attorneys and paralegals work closely with clients in the following areas:

• UK, European Union Trade Mark (CTM) and international trade mark filings
• UK and Registered European Union Design (RCD) design filings
• Brand clearance – from “identical-hit” screening searches to co-ordination of larger clearance projects
• UK and European Union trade mark office opposition, invalidity and revocation actions and assistance with the preparation of tailored, pertinent evidence
• Trade mark, design, patent and copyright infringement matters 
• Intellectual property licensing, including complex co-partnering issues and franchising 
• Advertising, marketing/promotions and sponsorship (on and off-line)
• Data protection and Privacy issues
• Brand co-existence, delimitation and brand-sharing agreements
• Intellectual property assignment, audit and acquisition projects
• Handling of large, complex and high profile intellectual property disputes that cross borders 
• Intellectual property infringement on the Internet including domain name arbitrations
• Domain name policy and the protection of rights mechanisms on the Internet
• Anti-counterfeiting activities, enforcement and the seizure of unauthorised goods, including liaising across the EU with Customs and other relevant authorities in order to register clients’ intellectual property rights
• Patent matters including assignments and licensing, infringement and validity issues
• Breach of confidence actions
• Search and Seizure Orders