Intellectual Property

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Provided by DMH Stallard LLP

Our intellectual property lawyers help clients to create, retain and leverage value from their intellectual property rights and assets; our services cover the IP lifecycle from advisory and transactional matters to enforcement, litigation and conflict resolution.

Our services and experience covers: trade marks, patents and design rights; copyright; database rights; franchising, licensing and distributor arrangements; confidential information and know-how; competition and trading practices; privacy and image rights; advertising and regulatory compliance. We work across a variety of sectors including technology, retail, manufacturing, fashion, media, and publishing and the creative industries.

Led by senior litigator Tim Ashdown, the team includes experienced civil and criminal litigation lawyers with an enviable track record of dealing with disputes effectively and on a commercial basis; Robert Ganpatsingh also has a wealth of experience in all forms of dispute resolution. We use arbitration, mediation and expert determination to resolve disputes on amicable and commercial terms where appropriate and the team includes accredited mediators.

John Yates and Debbie Venn focus on non-contentious IP matters, advising on all areas of commercial law including governance, commercial agreements, IP, data protection and freedom of information issues.