In a context where intellectual property is one of the major springboards for economic development for both technology and communication, companies
need to develop, preserve and defend their intellectual property. All market players face four major challenges:
- Securing ownership over artistic and technological creations developed by their contractors and employees
- Guaranteeing the protection of these creations
- Developing contractual schemas relating to the use of intellectual property rights which are secure from a legal and tax perspective
- Dealing with infringement, unfair competition and parasitic behavior
With the international background of our IP team we understand your culture and business. We further understand that you have worked hard to develop and maintain your intellectual property. With an interdisciplinary approach and sectorial focus we try hard to protect and expand your intellectual property rights.
Our IP specialists provide a full range of services including civil and criminal litigation, arbitration, mediation and advisory on all aspects of intellectual property rights including trademarks, patents, industrial designs, utility models, geographical indications, domain names, trade secrets and the like. We advise our clients regarding the following key areas:
- Copyright and neighboring rights
- Database law
- Advertising law
- Law relating to trademarks, drawings and designs, domain names, patents
- Unfair competition law and parasitic behavior
- Filing and monitoring trademarks, drawings and designs: earlier rights searches and analysis, national, Community and international filings,
opposition procedures - Analyzing legal situations, providing advice and legal opinions relating to all intellectual property-related issues
- Drafting and negotiating license, assignment, co-existence agreements
- Audits of corporate intellectual property
- Providing assistance and representation in intellectual property-related disputes before the civil, commercial and criminal courts (seizure for infringement, action for infringement, temporary prohibitive measures, etc.)
- Providing assistance and representation in disputes regarding unfair competition and parasitic behavior, advertising and generally criminal or contractual liability in these areas.
We propose a complete service with regard to:
