In a world full of ideas, intellectual property rights make all the difference. In many cases, Intellectual Property (known as IP for short) and trade secrets are actually your company’s most valuable assets and are crucial when it comes to achieving a competitive advantage. That is also the reason why they require the most effective possible protection. At Four & Five, we, more than anyone else, know how to protect, manage and enforce your IP.
Making sure your intellectual efforts enjoy watertight legal protection is a key part of your company’s growth. The IP team at Four & Five provides tailor-made advice about how to protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property rights and trade secrets, so that your company can reap the benefits of its investments without any concerns whatsoever. We provide strategic, legal and commercial advice across the entire spectrum of intellectual property rights, such as copyright, trademarks, models, trade names patents, databases, domain names and the associated legal aspects such as trading practices, unfair advertising and so on.
IP Contracting
Clear agreements are good for business. Our IP team specialises in drawing up and negotiating IP-related contracts, such as licensing agreements, IP transfer agreements, joint venture agreements, distribution agreements, funding agreements, confidentiality agreements, IP clauses in service agreements or employment contracts, and so on. According to your company’s needs, we will create a tailored solution that is beneficial to all of the parties involved. After all, exploiting your innovation deserves a clear and transparent contractual framework.
IP Litigation
Four & Five will provide you with legal support when enforcing your intellectual property rights and trade secrets, with the aim of achieving an out-of-court settlement if possible, but by litigating if we need to. If needed, we will represent you in court proceedings against third parties who are infringing your intellectual property rights or trade secrets. We help our clients take court action to put an end to infringement or to secure the payment of compensation. We also assist them when initiating proceedings for the seizure of evidence in cases of counterfeit, in order to collect evidence of the infringement. Taking account of all of the specific features of the case, we will work together with our client to determine the litigation strategy that will enable us to achieve the best outcome for our client. Four & Five specialises in strategic, legal and commercial advice about all aspects of protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and trade secrets, whether these relate to copyright, trademarks, domain names, patents, models, databases, trade secrets, trading names or software copyright.
