Intellectual property

Smart, commercial lawyers with deep, sector-specific expertise on the exploitation and protection of our clients’ intellectual property rights.

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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 CONTACT

KEY CONTACTS

For trade mark enquiries, please contact Jim Dennis. For copyright and other IP-related enquiries, please contact Euan Lawson.

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They demonstrate commercial and industry knowledge while being a fast and effective team.
Chambers & Partners
High standards, good, transparent communication between team members, excellent understanding of the issues, plus a can-do attitude. Part of the firm’s culture is an awareness of cost, and the farming out of work to the most reasonably-priced resource.
Legal 500
Huge effort, attention to detail and great concern for their clients.
Chambers & Partners
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Jim Dennis is always available, never too much trouble, and pleasure to work with. Advice always succinct and commercially astute.
Legal 500
Great team; extremely client focused; great on-point legal advice but pragmatic and helpful – solution orientated.
Legal 500
Jim Dennis is quick to respond, and gives clear commercial advice.
Legal 500

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