Our law firm specialises in intellectual property litigation. We regularly advise on copyright infringement, patents, confidential information, trade secrets, trade names and trade marks.

Intellectual property rights are personal rights in the same way as property rights exist in tangible property. In many claims, the intellectual property rights of the parties are clear and the prospect of asserting IP rights and avoiding litigation may be available. On the other hand some claims for infringement of the registered intellectual property rights and passing off may not properly disclose a legal right to damages or an injunction and thus may be defended to minimise or avoid liability altogether.

The depth of our knowledge in intellectual property rights and experience in litigation and business disputes gives us a mature approach to intellectual property disputes and the rights existing between the disputing parties.

We have acted on litigation dealing with breaches of contract dealing with intellectual property rights and infringements of intellectual property rights involving software, trade marks digital media, authors' rights, and artists' rights.

Companies in the technology sector have also approached us when they have been dissatisfied with their current legal advisers due to technical subject matter that is beyond those without a technical background.

We have advised and acted in litigation and disputes involving:

• IPRs arising in contracts
• branding disputes
• misuse of confidential information
• intellectual property theft
• claims for infringement in process control software, 2GL and 3GL programming languages.
• copyright infringement in the look and feel of user interface design.
• domain name disputes
• Passing off of trade reputation and goodwill
• infringement of trade mark rights
• technology-based IP disputes
• non compete clauses employment contracts and consultants agreements.

We also advise on the potential intellectual property rights infringements for companies looking to adopt trade names or a particular course of action that may expose them to legal liability and subsequent court action.