Intellectual property is a generic term used to describe several different rights. There are four main ways in which intellectual property can be protected - trademarks, copyrights, patents and design rights and registered designs.
Rix & Kay can support you at all levels in relation to all of your intellectual property needs, whether it is identifying what intellectual property rights you own, how you go about protecting them, enforcing your rights, exploiting such rights and/or whether or not you are infringing a third party’s rights.
What can we offer?
Our team has substantial experience in advising businesses and individuals on all aspects of intellectual property. We act on behalf of several notable international and domestic clients and have recently acted on behalf of ‘Archie Andrews’, the ventriloquist act and also Pen Hadow, the internationally acclaimed polar explorer, as well as several international companies which are based locally.
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We can offer practical advice on the following:-
- Trademarks & Branding
- Passing Off
- Copyrights
- Licence Agreements and Assignments
- Production and Artist Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Due diligence as part of sale and purchase.
All businesses have intellectual property regardless of its size or what it does. It is likely to be a valuable asset whatever form it takes whethe it is your name and logo, designs, software, inventions, creative works or written material. It is therefore important that you know what steps you can take to secure it, protect it and/or exploit it.