Our brand protection team can provide you with advice relating to:

identification and strategy

• helping you to identify the key components of your brand and advising you on the best forms of protection
• devising a brand protection strategy to suit your particular needs and budget
• conducting and advising upon a wide range of clearance searches
• performing due diligence exercises to assist in corporate acquisitions or disposals
• providing comprehensive, tailored training courses

protection

• filing and prosecuting your UK national and community trade mark and design applications and renewals
• supervising the filing and prosecution of your trade mark and registered design applications internationally through our carefully selected network of agents

portfolio management

• using our state-of-the-art database to manage and audit your UK and international trade mark and registered design portfolio ensuring that it evolves with your changing business needs and objectives

exploitation

• advising on all forms of transactions involving your IP, whether a single assignment or your international licensing arrangements

monitoring and enforcement

• providing comprehensive monitoring services to alert you to conflicting applications and to enable you to keep track of your competitors
• filing and managing oppositions to potentially conflicting applications to ensure that your rights are protected
• enforcing your rights when the need arises by using our experienced dispute managers and litigators

For a discussion about your own brand protection strategy, please contact Matthew Bolsover.