Intellectual Property

About

Provided by Stevens & Bolton LLP

Our Intellectual Property (IP) team is one of the leading national IP practices and is recognised as such by all of the key national and specialist international IP directories.

We provide strategic IP counselling including:

• Freedom to operate and clearance advice
• Advice on strategies for IP protection, registration and exploitation
• IP licensing – including complex international and intra-group arrangements
• IP transactions, due diligence and valuation
• Regulatory advice

We also have extensive litigation experience across the full range of IP rights, including:

• Patent, trade mark, copyright, and design litigation at all levels of the UK courts
• Confidential information and trade secrets disputes
• Brand protection and online enforcement
• Employee competition and business protection disputes
• Cyber fraud, data breaches and domain name complaints
• Reputation management, defamation and privacy

We advise businesses across numerous sectors and have particular expertise in life sciences, technology and media, fashion, food and drink, gaming and sport.