Intellectual Property and information technology

Our Intellectual Property (IP) and Information Technology (IT) practice offers a full range of services across different sectors. With the understand that these areas cover diverse activities and play a crucial role in the economic, social and cultural spheres of life, and with the aim of protecting your mind’s creations, our team will guide you through every step of the way.

Our services in IP include:

• IP acquisition negotiations and the preparation of the requisite confidential letter agreements.
• Conducting IP due-diligence.
• Negotiation and drafting of licensing, technology transfer, distribution and franchising agreement including character merchandising and photographs.
• Negotiation and drafting of assignments of IP rights including intra-group/company assignments.
• Preparation of non-confidential disclosure agreements.
• Advice and representation in contentious IP proceedings including breach of confidence, passing off and copyright, design, trade mark and patent infringements.
• The development of copyright policies of firms, organisations and institutions.
• Preparation of research and development agreements for commercial and academic collaboration.

In IT, our services include:

• Negotiation and drafting of computer services agreements; data licence, data processing, data VAR and data sale agreements.
• Negotiation and drafting of software, mobile application and related agreements including agile software development, application service provision, hardware maintenance, mobile application development and software as a service (SaaS) subscription agreements.
• Development of IT policies including mobile application privacy and Bring your own device to work (BYOD) policies.
• General advice, litigation and representation in IT related disputes.