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Overview
Creating, exploiting and protecting intellectual property rights is at the heart of many of our clients’ businesses.
We cover all the major creative industry sectors, including advertising, digital & tech, film & TV, music, publishing, sport & gaming and theatre.
We advise a wide range of clients from large multinational corporations to private individuals, from owner-managed businesses to cultural institutions. The main focus of our work includes the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, intellectual property advisory work, and dispute resolution.
Whoever our client is, our approach is founded on a profound understanding of their business. This, together with our network and close professional relationships in the creative industries, enables us to give our clients real-world, expert advice that shapes and informs their commercial decisions.
Expertise
Our areas of expertise include the following:
- Copyright and related rights
- Trade marks (registered and unregistered)
- Database rights
- Design rights (registered and unregistered)
- Advice on content creation and exploitation
- Advice on the financing of media projects
- Advice on catalogue and product acquisitions and disposals
- Stand-alone due diligence
- Outsourced or overflow business affairs
- Litigation and dispute resolution
KEY CONTACTS
KEY CONTACTS
For trade mark enquiries, please contact Jim Dennis. For copyright and other IP-related enquiries, please contact Euan Lawson.
Euan Lawson
Partner
Jim Dennis
Partner
Euan Lawson
Partner
Knowledgeable, organised, promptly responds to queries.
Great team; extremely client focused; great on-point legal advice but pragmatic and helpful – solution orientated.
Jim Dennis is always available, never too much trouble, and pleasure to work with. Advice always succinct and commercially astute.
They were incredibly understanding of our unique needs and collaborated in a very flexible way. I would describe the team as very approachable and capable – they took time to listen to our requirements and made recommendations accordingly.
They are great - we can rely on them to be responsive and do extremely high-quality work
They are very commercial, really understand our business and can apply the law practically in line with our business goals.
