Rogers & Norton's Intellectual Property team deal with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious issues arising in connection with Intellectual Property rights.
From inventions and designs to brands and artwork, Intellectual Property law relates to the establishment and protection of intellectual creations, by means of patents, trademarks, copyright and design rights.
Non-contentious Intellectual Property
Non-contentious Intellectual Property work involves checking clients’ rights and drafting commercial agreements such as licenses to allow others to use those rights. From business acquisitions and sales to joint ventures and partnerships, non-contentious Intellectual Property rights can form a substantial part of commercial negotiations.
Contentious Intellectual Property
Our Intellectual Property team have a wide range of experience in dealing with disputes involving intellectual property infringement and the protection of reputation.
Contentious disputes often arise when a client’s rights have been infringed upon. Disputes can involve copyright, design right and trademark infringement. Passing off can be a further contentious issue. If a business uses unregistered Intellectual Property as their own, in effect, they’re riding off the back of the reputation of that business. The tort of passing off protects the goodwill of a trader from misrepresentation.
Our commercial litigation and dispute resolution team have substantial experience in dealing with Intellectual Property infringement cases, including business literature, product or employee poaching. Such cases often form part of a wider business dispute, where one party is said to be undermining the other’s brand, products or services. Contentious Intellectual Property disputes can result in court-ordered injunctions and asset freezing to protect a business’ confidential data, reputation and brand.
The team at Rogers & Norton have extensive experience in the following areas of Intellectual Property protection:
- Asset Freezing Orders
- Confidential information
- Copyright
- Database protection
- Defamation and trade libel
- Design right
- Employment covenants
- Passing off
- Registered designs
- Registered trademarks