Intellectual Property
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYERS WEST LONDON
Our specialist Intellectual property solicitors and lawyers in West London can help with a wide range of Intellectual property related advice and services, cost effectively and commercially. Few businesses can avoid aspects of Intellectual property law as this area of law is of wide ranging and ever increasing importance and safeguards are generally needed against liabilities and to protect intellectual property assets to avoid potential damage and/or intellectual property litigation.
What does the term “Intellectual Property” include?
- Trade marks
- Design rights
- Patents
- Copyright
- Database rights
- Domain names
- Confidential information
- Data protection
- Freedom of information.
- Websites
What services are available and/or necessary ?
- Advice on IP protection and drafting confidentiality agreements
- Drafting of intellectual property licences
- IP litigation
- Drafting and negotiating assignments
- Drafting and negotiating distribution, manufacturing, franchise, sponsorship and agency agreements
- Negotiating and drafting co-existence agreements
- Drafting and negotiating Collaboration and Research agreements
- Monitoring and policing IP counterfeit activity worldwide
Selling on the Internet
Websites must comply with various laws and regulations and, if selling online or conducting marketing by electronic forms of communication, there are yet more regulations. The relevant pieces of legislation are:
- The Data Protection Act 1998
- Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
- Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
Data Protection
Almost every business is affected by the Data Protection Act 1998 (”DPA”). Please see our Intellectual Property FAq’s page for further information.
E-Commerce
If you sell goods or services online, you must comply with the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002. These include a requirement to display the process through which users will enter into a contract with you. Please see our Intellectual Property FAQ’s page for further information.
If you make sales without getting your customers to sign a paper contract, you must also ensure that the electronic contract terms that you want to trade under are enforceable
Website legal services
We can advise generally and also draft the following critical terms for your website:-
- Privacy Policies
- Website Terms and Conditions.