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Stevens & Bolton LLP

Intellectual Property

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Stevens & Bolton LLP

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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.

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Intellectual Property - The South

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Stevens & Bolton advises a number of well-known brands on the protection, exploitation and enforcement of their IP rights. From its base in Guildford, the team regularly handles disputes relating to trade marks, designs, trade secrets and domain names. It represents SMEs and start-ups as well as multinational clients.
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Work Highlights

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  • Stevens & Bolton continuously advises Aspects Beauty on trade mark and brand protection matters. Recently the IP team successfully registered the Aspects Beauty trade marks in the UK.

Strengths

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  • They come up with alternate solutions when issues come up. They have a network of colleagues and law firms around the world.

    Intellectual Property respondentUK

  • They provided prompt and pragmatic advice which was invaluable in reaching a settlement with the other party.

    Intellectual Property respondentUK

  • Their understanding of our business and culture helps them bring guidance aligned with our company values and the authentic way we want to handle people matters and conduct our overall business.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Tom Lingard
    Tom Lingard

    Tom Lingard

    Tom Lingard's practice spans all core rights and he is head of IP at Stevens & Bolton. While primarily a litigator, he is also recommended for licence agreements of all kinds.

    • Tom is highly professional and exceptionally knowledgeable. He has demonstrated regularly that he has deep commercial awareness and supports us by being transparent and highlighting any risks.

      Intellectual Property respondentUK

    • He is a pleasure to work with and very commercially aware.

      Intellectual Property respondentUK

    • Tom provides an excellent service.

      Intellectual Property respondentUK
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  • Charlotte Tillett
    Charlotte Tillett

    Charlotte Tillett

    Charlotte Tillett is recommended for commercial and contentious IP work across a diverse range of sectors, in particular life sciences and technology. She frequently advises on international licensing and collaboration arrangements.

    • Charlotte is an excellent lawyer and very easy to work with.

      Intellectual Property respondentUK

    • Charlie is an outstanding lawyer.

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