Intellectual Property (IP) rights are a vital and extremely valuable business asset. Owning or being able to use IP rights can give a business a critical advantage over its competitors and contribute to its success. In this highly competitive age, knowledge, or intellectual property, should be protected.

Inventions, distinctive names or marks, special processes, software, musical and other media work, designs and trade secrets are all IP rights which can be protected.

In order to fulfil their commercial potential such IP rights must be correctly identified, carefully evaluated and skillfully protected.

Patents, trademarks, copyright and registered designs form part of this legal framework. It is a complex and diverse area of the law involving registerable and non-registerable rights, statutory and non-statutory rights.

At Fox Hayes LLP our IP lawyers provide specialist advice on all aspects of safeguarding, enforcing and exploiting IP assets. In the first instance, you may need help in identifying what IP rights you possess, including assessing their value and making them secure. Next, your strategy may be to benefit from these IP assets by licensing or selling them to other companies, or by setting up joint ventures. The owner of IP rights (or sometimes a licensee) can prevent competitors from making or selling similar products helping to preserve market share and increase margins which is so important to a successful business. On the other hand, having the best advice about IP rights protection can enable a company to compete aggressively with its competition and yet avoid disputes occurring, or, if a dispute does arise, resolve it on the most advantageous terms.

Whatever your IP needs, Fox Hayes LLP has the skills and expertise to keep you one step ahead of the competition. Our specialist lawyers provide expert advice through their technical ability coupled with a pro-active approach.

for further information please contact Malcolm Jones on :

0113 2 496 496

or email:

malcolmjones@foxhayes.co.uk