Litigation

Intellectual property litigation is expensive and time consuming. However, your intellectual property is a valuable business asset and serves to protect your business and how it generates revenue. Therefore, if you suspect a third party infringes an intellectual property right or you suspect you infringe a third party intellectual property right, we recommend that you seek legal advice early on, so that you can be fully informed when making the commercial decision regarding how best to proceed. Inevitably your decision will represent a combination of factors such as:

• Your commercial objectives;
• What you can afford;
• What your opponent can afford;
• Your chances of success;
• Your opponent’s commercial objectives;
• The effect on your business if you do not take action or defend your position; and
• What you are prepared to compromise on.

In litigation nothing is ever certain. It is a game of tactics, and you need to play it expertly to get the result you want. We do not have a fixed way of litigating, rather we seek to understand your commercial objectives and build on these. We can advise you on your chances of success, help to devise a tailored litigation strategy and, where necessary, take your case to Court.

We have the expertise to assist you in relation to all forms of intellectual property disputes, from copyright, database right, design right, patent and trade mark infringement to domain name dispute resolution and passing off.