Intellectual Property is an asset that defines many companies, as well as generating large revenues. It needs to be protected and nurtured. We recognise that intellectual property rights are a crucial asset in the Consumer Products sector. We have a proven track record, with a highly regarded team, including some of the biggest names in the IP field.

We offer a full IP service, for the identification, protection and commercialisation of registered and unregistered property rights including patents, brands, trade marks, copyright, designs, and confidential information, as well as IP audits and strategic advice on branding and patent portfolios and IP counselling. Our commercial work includes the realisation of IP rights by means of licensing and joint ventures, IP due diligence and strategic acquisition and disposal of IP rights. Our team has worked on some of the most high profile cases in the High Court, Patents Court, Patents County Court, UK IPO, European Patent Office, OHIM, the Privy Council and the European Court of Justice.

Relevant experience includes advising:

• Czech brewery Budějovický Měšťanský Pivovar in a dispute concerning the use of the trade mark and geographical indication ‘BUDWEISER’
• A major retailer on its parallel imports strategy for the importation and sale of goods from within and outside the European Economic Area
• A well-known distiller on brand enforcement work and anti-counterfeiting measures
• Cipriani Restaurants in its high profile litigation with Orient Express over the worldwide trade mark rights to the Cipriani name
• One of the leading consumer products companies in a comparative advertising and trade mark dispute relating to the treatment of rival products in a side by side comparison. The case involved both a complaint to the regulator and potential civil proceedings