Our intellectual property experts have international experience, representing companies trading internationally and have worked with major companies in the United Kingdom.

We work with our clients to unlock the value in software, by securing intellectual property rights, protecting software brands, commercialising the intellectual property in software and enforcement of those rights to extract and leverage maximum value from software assets.

The critical function of software is reflected in the capital value of many businesses. More and more frequently software embodies real value for a business, by being the means by which they maintain their productivity, the property that earns revenue by licensing, or being the means by which they provide services, or the product itself.

Many businesses collapse when the software that their business relies on fails or does not measure up to expectations. We are well positioned to assist businesses in determining service levels and service level compensation, requirements for delivery of software to ensure that what is promised is catered for in contracts.

Our solicitors' rarely found background allows insights into the software development lifecycle when providing legal advice on software development projects & contracts, procurement, outsourcing, licensing requirements and other transactions dealing with intellectual property rights in software.

About our Solicitors

Our intellectual property solicitors specialise in providing legal advice on software licensing contracts & agreements, outsourcing & procurement and intellectual property rights in software, in addition to disputes involving software. We've tackled legal issues arising in the new technologies environment such as hard core technical copyright infringements, advising on liability, the availability of patents for software, licensing content and software development agreements. We make full use of technical expertise where possible, which includes computer science. Some of our clients swear by us.

In 2002, one of our solicitors wrote some software to detect software copyright infringement - the code successfully searched over 5 gigabytes of source code to detect infringements. It even found instances of infringement that the expert briefed in the matter missed. These value added services translate into better value for our clients, every time we work with them. We have developed our own corporate Extranet that allows our clients to manage their legal affairs in a structured and systematic fashion, saving our clients time managing their legal affairs and legal costs.

Please contact Leigh Ellis, our partner overseeing software related transactions and disputes. Leigh is a qualified and experienced software engineer.