Intellectual Property Rights
Needham & James understand the considerable value attached to many Intellectual Property Rights, they can be the lifeblood of a business. The approach taken to Intellectual Property protection and exploitation is pragmatic and pro-active.
A refreshingly informal group, the team believe in explaining your rights and obligations in plain English. It can handle strategic, licensing and contractual issues as well as major disputes and has extensive experience of obtaining emergency injunctions.
The Team is able to provide solutions that will protect and enable the most effective exploitation of what could be your most valuable assets.
We can assist you with:
- Protection of designs
- Copyright, patent or design infringement actions
- Trademark registration and enforcement
- Deriving maximum value from a brand
- Licensing and character merchandising
- Confidentiality issues
- Retaining rights in the works of creative employees, consultants & contractors