Intellectual Property Portfolios

Patent Our legal, technical and commercial skills and understanding combine to provide an effective resource for entrepreneurs, business start-ups or established corporations in creating and managing Intellectual Property portfolios.

Many of today's business successes stand testament to the importance of quality legal advice at the birth of a company. This is probably nowhere more important than with Intellectual Property. We are sensitive to the cash constraints on start-ups and are skilled in identifying those steps that must be taken early and those that can safely or with less risk be deferred until greater resources are available. Our experience in advising and negotiating options, licences and other agreements with third parties can often release resources early, whilst preserving the proper long-term rewards for the entrepreneur.

Much of our work is with established companies, making stepwise but commercially significant innovations. We understand the role that intellectual property can play in a successful business and are committed to achieving the best possible results from an IP budget. We try hard to express ourselves clearly and in a commercial context, without hiding behind legal jargon. We take on the challenge of communicating effectively at all levels, whether technology specialist, senior management, or Board.

The advice we give must always be appropriate in the context of our client's business. It is not enough for the course of action we are suggesting to be legally correct; it must also be the right course of action for our client. This requires us to make an effort toOur legal, technical and commercial skills and understanding combine to provide an effective resource for entrepreneurs, business start-ups or established corporations in creating and managing Intellectual Property portfolios.

Many of today's business successes stand testament to the importance of quality legal advice at the birth of a company. This is probably nowhere more important than with Intellectual Property. We are sensitive to the cash constraints on start-ups and are skilled in identifying those steps that must be taken early and those that can safely or with less risk be deferred until greater resources are available. Our experience in advising and negotiating options, licences and other agreements with third parties can often release resources early, whilst preserving the proper long-term rewards for the entrepreneur.

Much of our work is with established companies, making stepwise but commercially significant innovations. We understand the role that intellectual property can play in a successful business and are committed to achieving the best possible results from an IP budget. We try hard to express ourselves clearly and in a commercial context, without hiding behind legal jargon. We take on the challenge of communicating effectively at all levels,

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