We offer a wide range of brand protection services with our intellectual property experts dedicated to helping our clients safeguard their intangible assets locally and on a global scale. Our advocates possess proficiency in various facets of intellectual property including; trademark, copyright, patent, trade secrets, industrial design, model utility, technovations, domain name registration, plant breeder rights, image rights amongst all other forms of intellectual property.
Our commitment to clients goes beyond advisory services, as we also represent them in prosecution and enforcement matters. Additionally, our specialized IP team takes on administrative and managerial responsibilities to alleviate the burden, ensuring that your protected rights are effectively managed, meticulously maintained, and vigorously prosecuted.
Our legal team works for a variety of industries and assists businesses with handling all IP related matters including:
- Advising clients on exploitation and use of their IP
- Coordinating IP registrations and maintenance locally and across jurisdictions
- Drafting license, assignment transfer and franchising agreements as well as other related IP commercial agreements
- Assisting and representing clients in resolving disputes relating to expungements, oppositions, infringement proceedings and well as issues arising from parallel import of goods
- Representing clients before the IP authorities to validly maintain IP registrations
- Administratively managing your IP portfolios
- Responding to office actions
We also provide our expertise in due diligence exercises relating to the acquisition of rights or the transfer of technology in connection with mergers and acquisition, joint ventures or other commercial dealings. Our legal team combines a broad and deep base of knowledge and experience in local legislation with global reach and capabilities to provide cross-jurisdiction legal advice to businesses.