Business Support
In addition to our professional expertise in protecting and defending our clients' intellectual property, we have considerable experience of working in and with corporate IP departments, both in multinational companies and high-tech start-ups. As a result, we recognise and understand the commercial realities of intellectual property.
If you have a high level on-going need for intellectual property advice and support we can work with you on an IP consultancy basis, allowing you to engage our attorneys for an agreed number of days per month. Our attorneys can work with you from our offices or on secondment at your site.
We are also happy to share our industrial and commercial experience with you through our IP Sherpa® business support services. We can help you with:
- Managing your IP portfolio
- Undertaking IP audits
- Setting up an in-house IP department and an IP management system
- Implementing internal invention reporting procedures
- Identifying protectable inventions/brands/designs
- Creating patent "maps" to identify gaps in the market/technology
- Developing an IP filing strategy
- Staff training and raising IP awareness
Our attorneys are also able to support you and your solicitors and business advisors on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including company mergers and acquisitions, investments and infringement litigation.
