Technology Solicitors - Disputes
Background to Expertise
Our solicitors have years of experience advising companies new to procuring technology and IT related services, the use of technology supplied by others and creating technology solutions in-house with the assistance of others, in addition to advising companies primarily engaged in the information technology services, such as software houses, internet broadcasters, online games companies developers of Apps and cloud solution providers.
Technology Disputes
Where there is an overlap between information technology and intellectual property rights, our solicitors are in an almost unparalleled position to assist, by bringing to bear undergraduate qualifications in computer science, and all the understanding of technology infrastructure that tertiary understanding of technology and intellectual property brings, rather than just the law.
An understanding of infrastructure such as network communications, databases, and the structure of software can so fundamentally alter the understanding of the commercial and legal positions between the parties and the legal advice given such as, for example:
- the differences between a component and an application;
- how software applications and libraries interact, and the difference between them;
- identifying when contractual documentation is entirely inappropriate for types of software, firmware and hardware due to lack of appreciation of different types of technology;
- the significance and importance of information, electronic evidence, how to deal with it and maximise the use of it;
- knowing the likely location and format of incriminating evidence is likely to take in operating systems and hard disks.
Technology Solicitors
An understanding of the underlying subject matter of a dispute to deliver high quality legal advice. A lack of a proper understanding means that not only subtleties can be missed, but also misconceptions of the bigger picture, major weaknesses and strengths of claims and defences, and a requirement for training required on short learning curves to accommodate deficiencies in fundamental background knowledge of the subject matter of a legal dispute.
Our solicitors have advised on highly technical software and technology disputes and played an integral role in directing forensic experts to locate specific items of evidence on physical devices and virtual machines, compiling data in respect of administration of affiliate programmes to lay bare executive fraud by directors, conducting automated comparisons of source code to identify plain evidence of copying and other wrongdoing before resorting to engaging experts to prepare evidence of the findings to deploy in litigation.
Some of our clients have been relieved to instruct our solicitors after disappointment with less specialised law firms.
Contact our technology solicitors to discuss how we may be of assistance to more cost effectively resolve IT disputes.
London Business Solicitors & Lawyers
Our Solicitors in London assist businesses in the UK and internationally to create options, achieve realistic and attainable goals, and providing guidance to assist decision-making in a commercial context.
For more information, legal advice or to find out more about the legal services we provide, call 020 7353 1770 or contact us online.