Development & protection

Identifying, developing and protecting your intellectual property can help you add value to your business, secure investment, develop, advertise, market new products or services, and protect your existing business.

At Martineau we have the experience to conduct and advise on:

• intellectual property audits;
• intellectual property policies and training;
• confidentiality agreements;
• clearance searches and infringement risk assessments;
• registering United Kingdom trade marks;
• registering European trade marks;
• registering designs;
• registering domain names;
• managing intellectual property portfolios.

Some examples of our experience are listed below.

• Advising on the creation, development and protection of Intellectual Property in relation to new products in the building, engineering and biotechnology sectors amongst others;
• Advising on the creation of e-learning courses and virtual worlds for Universities;
• Drafting and negotiating collaboration agreements for technology transfer companies;
• Advising upon trade mark filing strategies for numerous companies and institutions;
• Managing international trade mark portfolios (e.g. for a large clothing brand and a retail products manufacturer).

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