Intellectual Property
Protecting clients’ ideas and creative outputs, enforcing and
commercially exploiting intellectual property rights
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Intellectual Property
We provide advice on the range of intellectual property rights including patents, trademarks, copyright, passing off, know-how and confidential information on both contentious and non-contentious issues and across a number of sectors such as the energy sector, food and drink, IT and manufacturing.
Our work in protecting intellectual property rights includes helping clients to obtain trademarks, advising on strategies to protect brands, maintain the secrecy of their valuable know-how and confidential information, and protecting it through the use of confidentiality agreements and NDAs. We also support our clients in negotiating R&D contracts, joint industry projects and commercial contracts for similar initiatives for the development of technology to ensure that their rights are properly protected.
We regularly advise our clients on the enforcement of these rights which is crucial to maintaining the value of their intellectual property. We can help our clients formulate enforcement strategies including litigation against third parties for infringement.
We support our clients in the commercial exploitation of their intellectual property rights by advising on the sale of technology and related patents, know-how and other intellectual property rights – as well as licensing of intellectual property in key business areas including technology for the oil and gas sector, through to trade marks in food and drink and the software in the IT sector.
Experience
Trademarks and branding
Includes applying for trademarks and also advising on the use of trade names and branding
R&D contracts and Joint Industry Projects
Drafting and negotiating the terms of R&D contracts, joint industry projects, joint ventures and other commercial agreements for the development of technology
Licensing of intellectual property rights
Drafting and negotiating the terms of licence agreements for patents, know-how and other intellectual property rights in the energy, technology, food and drink, IT and other sectors
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure agreements
Preparing or reviewing and negotiation confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with trading partners, clients, suppliers or employees
Enforcement
Acting on behalf of clients taking litigation against the infringers of their intellectual property rights
Key Contacts
To make an enquiry, please contact a member of staff below or call 01224 845 845
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Neil Forbes
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Ross Gardner
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Colin Sandilands
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James Muir
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Robert McDiarmid
Intellectual Property News & Insights
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Inverness : The Kingsmills Hotel at 8am on 22 Nov 2023
Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 UK Guides 2024
The 2024 editions of Chambers & Partners Legal Guide UK and Legal 500 UK have been launched, with Stronachs LLP being recognised in both. The two annual reviews of the UK’s legal market rank the leading firms and lawyers in Scotland.
CPI Award – Deborah Law
Deborah Law, partner in the dispute resolution team, has been awarded the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency (CPI). Deborah was one of eight candidates from England, Scotland and Wales to earn a merit and was ranked first of the Scottish candidates.
Promotions June 2023
On 1 June 2023 Stronachs LLP, the full-service law practice headquartered in Aberdeen, announced a number of internal promotions.
Neil Forbes, on behalf of the Board, said:
“We are very pleased to announce that Kirsten Anderson of our private client team and Callum Armstrong of our corporate team have been assumed as Partners. Both joined Stronachs as trainees and it is testament to their ability and commitment to the firm and its clients that they have achieved partnership at this stage of their career.