Intellectual Property Disputes
Your intellectual property underpins your business and gives you monopoly rights to stop competitors taking advantage of your intellectual creation. Intellectual property disputes arise if these rights are infringed. Our experts will take the swift and proactive action you need to protect your intellectual property.
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Intellectual Property Disputes Services
The key services we provide in intellectual property disputes are:
- challenging and defending infringements of design rights, registered designs, trade marks, copyright, patents and passing off;
- negotiating settlements and co-existence agreements;
- providing court representation;
- dealing with international intellectual property infringements; and
- defamation and reputational issues.
Work examples of intellectual property disputes
Below is a list of various types of intellectual property disputes we have been involved in recently:
- Acting for a manufacturer of fireplaces against a major UK retailer who was importing identical models from China (registered design right)
- Advising a shareholder on designs and copyright created by her, in connection with the break up of the company through which the designs were commercially exploited (copyright, trade marks and unregistered design right)
- Seeking the renaming of a trade mark infringing drinks brand on behalf of a local distillery (trade marks and common law rights of passing off)
- Advising on defamatory emails being sent to rival companies concerning a patent used in the deep sea oil industry (patents and common law rights)
- Defending a claim for breach of copyright by the designer of a reinforced steel cage used in the construction industry (unregistered design right and copyright)
- Bringing a claim for passing off against an Amazon trader using the same brand names for identical products (trade marks and passing off)
- Acting for one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of biscuit tins in bringing a claim against a major UK retailer who had copied various of the client’s tins (registered and unregistered design right)
- Advising a client on the misuse of an identical trade mark by a competitor internationally (trade marks)
- Advising a well known bed manufacturer and defending a high court claim of infringement against the client in respect of unregistered design right infringement (unregistered design right)
- Acting for an international bottled water company and instructing international agents to act on our client’s behalf in respect of international trade mark infringement matters (trade marks)
- Bringing a claim for copyright infringement and passing off against two well known UK insulation companies on behalf of our client in respect of the copying of brochures and video footage demonstrating our client’s techniques in both product delivery and client approach (copyright and passing off)
In-House Counsel
Our team of experienced lawyers is well-equipped to support you in various ways. Whether you require advice on a specific issue, additional resources due to capacity constraints, or a second opinion, we are here to help. Explore our legal counsel page for more information and details on our schedule of seminars, specifically designed for in-house counsel.
How we work with you
Whilst based in the South of England, Paris Smith acts for businesses and families throughout the UK. Technology has enabled us to provide a high level of service to our clients whether they are local to our offices or not. Our advice can be given in many ways:
- Over the telephone
- Via video conferencing
- In face to face meetings
We will talk through how you would like to be contacted and the best ways for us to meet in our early conversations with you.
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