With businesses focusing more and more on the value of intellectual property and the ways and means that it may be used to generate alternative revenue streams. Our patent lawyers assist our clients determine the ownership of patent rights, design investment structures and provide corporate advice dealing with the development and creation of revenue streams for patented assets and sale of patented inventions. Our patent solicitors also look to help our clients achieve commercial goals in cost effective and efficient manner.

We also provide patent litigation services, including legal advice on the revocation of patents, eligibility of inventions for patent protection, validity of patents and enforcement of patent rights and the amount of damages that may be available in patent infringement legal actions.

Our patent lawyers can tell you whether your property can be protected, what you have to do to protect it and how to make the most of intellectual property rights.

Our services include legal advice on:

• patentability of inventions
• where a manufacturer or service provider is prevent from entering a market due to an existing patent, advising on revocation proceedings
• availability of compulsory licences where the patent owner refuses to licence on reasonable terms
• conducting searches to avoid infringing existing patent holders´ rights
• defending against patent infringement claims
• pursuing infringement litigation
• monitoring patent applications to protect existing patent monopoly rights
• negotiation and settlement of patent disputes
• advising on strategies for obtaining patent protection worldwide
• opposing patent applications
• portfolio management