Skip to main content

Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance

Intellectual Property

Cross sector global lawyers meeting client needs

We can offer our clients our practically applied Intellectual Property knowledge and expertise, as well as a deep understanding of the challenges involved with conducting a market leading, international business in a constantly evolving technological environment.

Our lawyers handling Intellectual Property work collaborate closely with our antitrust experts in finding solutions to the issues that can arise from the tensions between the two areas of expertise.

Intellectual property advice

Our Intellectual Property teams offer a breadth of experience in Intellectual Property transactional and advisory work, covering the full range of Intellectual Property subjects, in both domestic and international contexts. Like our IP disputes lawyers, most of our transactional and advisory Intellectual Property lawyers focus on specific sectors and bring both pure and applied legal knowledge to client projects.

Intellectual property disputes and enforcement

Our Intellectual Property lawyers have extensive experience of strategizing, pursuing and defending Intellectual Property disputes in a wide range of forums. Our Intellectual Property lawyers are used to dealing with technical and specific subject matter, and many of them focus on specific sectors, giving them an applied knowledge of how Intellectual Property is exploited in practice. They frequently work with colleagues and external local lawyers in other jurisdictions to ensure claims are pursued consistently and in the most appropriate forums.

They will pursue and defend cases aggressively and effectively but are able to resolve a high percentage of disputes by negotiated settlements.

Intellectual Property Services

Data, AI & Blockchain

Trademark Law

Patents

Copyright

UPC

Unfair Competition

How can we help you?

Cross sector global expertise

Our lawyers focus on a variety of sectors globally and many of our lawyers who handle IP work are long-standing members of our sector focus groups such as life sciences, TMT and consumer goods and retail.

Combining product and sector focus, in the context of our global law firm, facilitates knowledge sharing of a consistently high standard and helps us better to understand client needs.

Intellectual property advice

Examples of our work include:

Patent, trademark and copyright litigation. Technology licences and joint ventures and other forms of technical cooperation and development. Brand licensing, sponsorship and franchising agreements.

Copyright-based agreements across the creative industries with a particularly strong experience and focus on digital and online aspects. Analysis of IP portfolios and IP-related agreements in M&A and financing projects, inputting into transaction documents and preparing associated agreements and recordals.

IP risk assessment on proposed new ventures and advice on risk minimisation. Advice on best practice use and protection of IP. Patent licensing and cross-licensing. Unfair competitionand advertising.

Intellectual property disputes and enforcement

This includes: 

  • National and regional courts for disputes about misappropriation, infringement, validity, ownership and rights of use of all forms of IP rights
  • National and regional patent and trademark offices for disputes about registered IP rights
  • Customs and national law enforcement and regulatory authorities for counterfeiting and infringement cases and border seizures
  • Bespoke dispute resolution procedures (e.g. for domain name disputes)
  • Arbitrations with IP subject matter.

  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share via email
Back to top