Technology & Commercial - Intellectual Property

Our Services

The Technology & Commercial team at McGrigors provides services in relation to all types of intellectual property rights, from patents to plant varieties and from copyright to confidential information. We have contentious and non-contentious specialists who can advise on all aspects of the clearance, protection, registration/opposition, management, exploitation and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Our team also advises on advertising compliance and can deal with domain and company name recovery. Our specialist IP disputes experts include our own in-house solicitor advocates and an accredited mediator. Our team is top ranked in both Legal 500 and Chambers. We advise across a wide range of industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, parallel imports, life sciences, food and drink, fashion, sports, oil and gas and renewable energy.

 

We understand that, in a world where technological boundaries are constantly changing and there is an ever increasing focus on intellectual assets and their value, the effective protection, management, exploitation and enforcement of intellectual property rights and the development of effective strategies to maximise their value is increasingly important to our clients. We understand our clients' priorities and risks in relation to intellectual property rights, such as:

 

  • being aware of the core strengths and commercial objectives of our clients' business and the significance of intellectual assets to their business.
  • identifying, developing and implementing innovative and cost-effective strategies for the management and exploitation of intellectual property rights to maximise the realisation of their value for our clients.
  • acting swiftly, efficiently and in accordance with relevant commercial considerations to take appropriate steps to enforce and protect intellectual property rights, or challenge competitor rights, particularly where disputes arise.

 

Our skills

We are:

  • commercially focussed: we believe that management, protection and exploitation of intellectual property rights should be aligned to your commercial objectives and we will ensure that we understand those when we are advising you, including considering mediation and other forms of ADR for dispute resolution where appropriate.
  • pragmatic: we will act proactively and efficiently and work hard to get the job done and provide advice which is practical and relevant.
  • team workers: we will seamlessly provide a team comprising lawyers with a wide range of specialisms in all areas of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property, as required to complete the job in accordance with your requirements and commercial objectives.