It is vital in today’s competitive market to establish, protect and exploit these rights in ways that contribute to growing your business and driving it forward. To support you in this process, you should be working closely with a legal team which can provide you with proactive and commercially focused guidance.
Our Intellectual property team advises businesses across a wide range of industries on the commercial elements of intellectual property. Our expertise covers every angle of buying and selling IP rights, brand licensing, franchising agreements, sponsorship, joint ventures and research and development agreements, to name but a few.
We invest time in gaining a thorough understanding of the specifics of your business and your overarching strategy. We can then provide you with uniquely tailored and creative advice which achieves your objectives and ensures the full potential of your IP assets is both protected and realised.
Are you certain your business’ IP rights are protected?
The Collyer Bristow IPR health check is a short test designed to focus on the way you currently manage your IPR and highlight potential risks and opportunities.
Every business will create or hold information that is private and/or commercially sensitive. It is important to take steps to protect the confidentiality of that information to avoid it becoming public knowledge or ending up in the hands of a competitor. Collyer Bristow can advise on practical steps to protect confidentiality, as well as legal remedies if you discover or suspect that such information has been or may be misused.
Copyright protects original material from being copied, which is essential if you want to commercialise your creations or defend them against infringement.
Databases are becoming increasingly important and valuable assets for business. Steps should be taken to protect what you have compiled and prevent unauthorised copying and misuse.
In the UK, protecting your design rights is a complex and multi-layered process. There are both registered design rights and unregistered design rights to consider, and it can be difficult to determine whether a product’s novel features are capable of design rights protection or whether patent protection may be the more appropriate option. Our specialist lawyers can help you cut through the confusion. We specialise in protecting and commercialising design rights, including taking swift action to resolve disputes, and advising on exploitation licences and agreements.
Our patent lawyers have years of specialist patent experience. We can help you ensure your inventions are not used without your permission – and defend you if someone accuses you of infringing their rights.
Alongside copyright, performers have several rights in relation to their performances, known collectively as ‘performers’ rights.’ The rights make it possible for performers to control and be compensated for the commercial exploitation of their performances and take action against bootlegging.
Ensuring your trademarks are registered and protected prevents others from exploiting your most critical assets, such as your brand name, logo, goodwill and reputation.
A brand is a valuable asset to any business and always worth protecting. Our expert team can help ensure that your company’s name, logo, trademarks and other brand assets are ring-fenced, registered, protected and not infringed upon by another business.
We help businesses of all sizes and maturity identify the distinguishing characteristics of their company and take steps to strengthen, protect and enforce them. Our services include:
We have a strong reputation in the field of intellectual property and an even stronger reputation for creative problem solving, dealing with brand protection issues efficiently before they snowball into bigger problems. We work hard to get under the bonnet of your business. This tells us what’s important to your company, so we can develop strategies that protect you from copycat competitors.
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Intellectual property key contacts
patrick.wheeler@collyerbristow.comPartner - Head of IP & Data Protection
Talk to Patrick about Intellectual property disputes, Data protection, Digital and Intellectual property
Are you certain your business’ IP rights are protected?
The Collyer Bristow IPR health check is a short test designed to focus on the way you currently manage your IPR and highlight potential risks and opportunities. Get an immediate diagnosis on the health your businesses IP rights.
There are a number of key policies, procedures and documents your business should keep up to date, to be both legally protected and in preparation for investment or exit.
Collyer Bristow’s ‘CB Checkpoint’ team will give your business a full check-over, reviewing your key documentation and advising on any changes that are suggested or required.
Recent experience
We advised on aspects of marketing and advertising for various mobile and console games (from a UK perspective).
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We advised on aspects of marketing and advertising for various mobile and console games (from a UK perspective).
We advised on development agreements between publishers and developers tasked with porting a game from console to mobile.
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We advised on development agreements between publishers and developers tasked with porting a game from console to mobile.
We negotiated and drafted NDAs to be used with alpha and closed-beta testers.
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTES
Case study
We negotiated and drafted NDAs to be used with alpha and closed-beta testers.
We drafted End User Licence Agreements for publishers pre-release.
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We drafted End User Licence Agreements for publishers pre-release.
We advised various publishers on lootboxes/gacha mechanics and their legality in the UK.
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We advised various publishers on lootboxes/gacha mechanics and their legality in the UK.
We advised various game development companies (from indies to large multinational studios) on ownership of IP and drafted suitable provisions in employment agreements.
DIGITAL & EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR EMPLOYERS & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We advised various game development companies (from indies to large multinational studios) on ownership of IP and drafted suitable provisions in employment agreements.
We drafted various sponsorship agreements for both game publishers and advertising space owners/content creators and influencers.
COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We drafted various sponsorship agreements for both game publishers and advertising space owners/content creators and influencers.
We advised investors on acquiring game development studios, both from a commercial and intellectual property perspective.
COMMERCIAL & DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We advised investors on acquiring game development studios, both from a commercial and intellectual property perspective.
We advised an indie development company on the merits and process for open-source development of their mobile game.
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We advised an indie development company on the merits and process for open-source development of their mobile game.
We advised developers on self-publishing and app store terms and agreements.
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We advised developers on self-publishing and app store terms and agreements.
We advised a US gaming corporation on establishing a UK business and obtaining the necessary gaming licenses from the Gambling Commission.
DIGITAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INTERNATIONAL
Case study
We advised a US gaming corporation on establishing a UK business and obtaining the necessary gaming licenses from the Gambling Commission.
We prepared and negotiated a complex software development agreement between a disruptor developing an AI-powered platform aiming to provide predictions on financial and cryptoasset markets for use by traders, and advised on related intellectual property issues.
DIGITAL & FINTECH & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Case study
We prepared and negotiated a complex software development agreement between a disruptor developing an AI-powered platform aiming to provide predictions on financial and cryptoasset markets for use by traders, and advised on related intellectual property issues.
We advised our clients who administer the IP rights relating to the works of well-known author on all IP aspects, including copyright and trade mark assignments and licensing, both intragroup and externally.
Case study
We advised our clients who administer the IP rights relating to the works of well-known author on all IP aspects, including copyright and trade mark assignments and licensing, both intragroup and externally.
We advised our client, a newly launched crypto currency exchange, on the negotiation and drafting for its Europe-wide contracts in relation to all intellectual property and IT aspects of it operation, including all Blockchain aspects.
Case study
We advised our client, a newly launched crypto currency exchange, on the negotiation and drafting for its Europe-wide contracts in relation to all intellectual property and IT aspects of it operation, including all Blockchain aspects.
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Your innovative business ideas and the brand you build around them are inherently unique. Intellectual Property is the legal framework that supports these distinctive business assets, whose value may be overlooked as it doesn’t make a direct contribution to the balance sheet.
It is vital in today’s competitive market to establish, protect and exploit these rights in ways that contribute to growing your business and driving it forward. To support you in this process, you should be working closely with a legal team which can provide you with proactive and commercially focused guidance.
Our Intellectual property team advises businesses across a wide range of industries on the commercial elements of intellectual property. Our expertise covers every angle of buying and selling IP rights, brand licensing, franchising agreements, sponsorship, joint ventures and research and development agreements, to name but a few.
We invest time in gaining a thorough understanding of the specifics of your business and your overarching strategy. We can then provide you with uniquely tailored and creative advice which achieves your objectives and ensures the full potential of your IP assets is both protected and realised.
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Partner - Head of IP & Data Protection
Are you certain your business’ IP rights are protected?
The Collyer Bristow IPR health check is a short test designed to focus on the way you currently manage your IPR and highlight potential risks and opportunities.
Every business will create or hold information that is private and/or commercially sensitive. It is important to take steps to protect the confidentiality of that information to avoid it becoming public knowledge or ending up in the hands of a competitor. Collyer Bristow can advise on practical steps to protect confidentiality, as well as legal remedies if you discover or suspect that such information has been or may be misused.
Copyright protects original material from being copied, which is essential if you want to commercialise your creations or defend them against infringement.
Databases are becoming increasingly important and valuable assets for business. Steps should be taken to protect what you have compiled and prevent unauthorised copying and misuse.
In the UK, protecting your design rights is a complex and multi-layered process. There are both registered design rights and unregistered design rights to consider, and it can be difficult to determine whether a product’s novel features are capable of design rights protection or whether patent protection may be the more appropriate option. Our specialist lawyers can help you cut through the confusion. We specialise in protecting and commercialising design rights, including taking swift action to resolve disputes, and advising on exploitation licences and agreements.
Our patent lawyers have years of specialist patent experience. We can help you ensure your inventions are not used without your permission – and defend you if someone accuses you of infringing their rights.
Alongside copyright, performers have several rights in relation to their performances, known collectively as ‘performers’ rights.’ The rights make it possible for performers to control and be compensated for the commercial exploitation of their performances and take action against bootlegging.
Ensuring your trademarks are registered and protected prevents others from exploiting your most critical assets, such as your brand name, logo, goodwill and reputation.
A brand is a valuable asset to any business and always worth protecting. Our expert team can help ensure that your company’s name, logo, trademarks and other brand assets are ring-fenced, registered, protected and not infringed upon by another business.
We help businesses of all sizes and maturity identify the distinguishing characteristics of their company and take steps to strengthen, protect and enforce them. Our services include:
We have a strong reputation in the field of intellectual property and an even stronger reputation for creative problem solving, dealing with brand protection issues efficiently before they snowball into bigger problems. We work hard to get under the bonnet of your business. This tells us what’s important to your company, so we can develop strategies that protect you from copycat competitors.
Recent experience
Case study
We advised on aspects of marketing and advertising for various mobile and console games (from a UK perspective).
Case study
We advised on development agreements between publishers and developers tasked with porting a game from console to mobile.
Case study
We negotiated and drafted NDAs to be used with alpha and closed-beta testers.
Case study
We drafted End User Licence Agreements for publishers pre-release.
Case study
We advised various publishers on lootboxes/gacha mechanics and their legality in the UK.
Case study
We advised various game development companies (from indies to large multinational studios) on ownership of IP and drafted suitable provisions in employment agreements.
Case study
We drafted various sponsorship agreements for both game publishers and advertising space owners/content creators and influencers.
Case study
We advised investors on acquiring game development studios, both from a commercial and intellectual property perspective.
Case study
We advised an indie development company on the merits and process for open-source development of their mobile game.
Case study
We advised developers on self-publishing and app store terms and agreements.
Case study
We advised a US gaming corporation on establishing a UK business and obtaining the necessary gaming licenses from the Gambling Commission.
Case study
We prepared and negotiated a complex software development agreement between a disruptor developing an AI-powered platform aiming to provide predictions on financial and cryptoasset markets for use by traders, and advised on related intellectual property issues.
Case study
We advised our clients who administer the IP rights relating to the works of well-known author on all IP aspects, including copyright and trade mark assignments and licensing, both intragroup and externally.
Case study
We advised our client, a newly launched crypto currency exchange, on the negotiation and drafting for its Europe-wide contracts in relation to all intellectual property and IT aspects of it operation, including all Blockchain aspects.
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