Intellectual
Property
Nearly all businesses generate and use intellectual
property, whether it involves inventing a new product,
creating a name or sign for your business or even
a slogan.
Intellectual property law deals with the appropriation
of the fruits of your labours. Intellectual property
law also concerns how people can acquire monopoly
rights to make certain products or sell them under
particular names and how those monopolies are protected.
Businesses can keep control over the use other people
make of their creative work.
You may be surprised to know that not all of these
rights require formal registration. Equally some
rights can be lost if not protected from the outset.
A review of how your business operates may reveal
rights that you never realised you had. We can offer
comprehensive commercial advice on all intellectual
property matters including:-
•
Confidential information
• Copyright
• Designs
• Domain names
• Know-how
• Patents
• Trade marks and passing off
As
well as offering a trade mark searching, filing
and registration facility in the UK and European
Union (which can be undertaken on a fixed fee basis),
Wortley Byers LLP can also offer advice in relation
to:-
the assistance, analysis and development of strategies
for full intellectual property protection
• ownership, validity, revocation and infringement
disputes in
the UK Trade Marks Office, Community Trade
Marks Office
and other international registries
• licensing and assigning intellectual property
rights
• intellectual property aspects of employment,
competition and
advertising
We are also able to offer an IP health check service
in which we can review and advise you on your intellectual
property rights. This can vary from a short meeting
to a careful consideration of your business and
its documentation, and will be followed by clear
and understandable written recommendations.
To
arrange for an appointment or for further information
please contact:
Susan Dowman
on 01277 268355
or
email sdowman@wortleybyers.co.uk Martin
Hughes
on 01277 268391
or
email mhughes@wortleybyers.co.uk
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