IP International

Our Team

Our team of solicitors, barristers, trademark attorneys, and paralegals are qualified across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK, EU, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, and South Africa. With more than 100 years of combined experience, our team provides innovative and strategic advice across various practice areas, including trade marks, passing-off, copyright, designs, confidential information, and domains. We protect our clients’ rights in ways tailored to their specific financial and strategic objectives, always aiming for excellence. Several team members also bring senior in-house experience from multinational corporations, ensuring our advice remains commercially focused.

Sector Experience

We have particular capabilities in the following sectors:

• Consumer technology
• Computer software
• Streaming platforms
• Payment processing
• AI
• Social media
• Luxury goods
• Creative industries
• Retail & leisure
• Media & entertainment
• Advertising & marketing.

Our Clients

Our clients span a broad range of sectors, from multinational tech giants and social media platforms to household names in the luxury goods sector. We also collaborate with various startup incubators, including those in the Insurtech sector. Startups hold a special place in our firm; we offer an “IP Health Check” to all new startup clients, identifying central assets and providing a fully costed plan to protect and enforce those rights. Recently, we have supported startups in AI, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, and dynamic building mapping.

Guiding You Through the Challenges

Our guiding principle is to avoid litigation by counseling clients strategically to identify and mitigate risks in advance. However, when necessary, we are ready to support and fiercely defend your rights to protect the value of your brand and intellectual property. We have recently assisted clients before the:

• Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
• High Court and Court of Appeal
• General Court of the European Union
• UKIPO
• EUIPO