Patents
London Patent Lawyers
With businesses focusing more on the value of intellectual property and the ways and means that it may be used to generate alternative revenue streams, our patent lawyers assist our clients to determine the ownership of patent rights, design investment structures and provide corporate advice dealing with the development and creation of revenue streams for patented assets and sale of patented inventions. Our patent solicitors also look to help our clients achieve commercial goals in cost effective and efficient manner.
Manufacturers and developers are able to benefit enormously from patent rights. Patents are able to protect the processes which make products work, what it is made of, and how it is made. The rights granted allow the patent owner to prevent competitors from copying, manufacturing, and selling products and processes infringing the claim. Also, owners are able to prevent products infringing the patent into the UK, when the infringement take place outside the UK.
In this way, patent rights are valuable rights to have.
When a person uses all of the features of a claim in a patent, a patent is infringed, entitling the patent owner to damages and an injunction to prevent repetition of infringement. Also, other supportive relief is available to facilitate the effectiveness of injunctions, such as delivery up and destruction of infringing articles. This broad principle also applies when the patented invention is combined with other features to improve the patented invention. Limited defences and counterclaims are available to defendants in infringement actions.
Legal Advice - Patent Protection
Our patent lawyers advise on protection and enforcement of patent rights and intellectual property (IP) rights from our offices in London. We also advise on infringement of patents, unlawful threats of infringement and guard against weak claims of infringement. We assist our clients by:
- drafting patent licenses, and providing legal advice on the legal meaning of clauses in patent licenses;
- advising patentability of inventions and deciding on the best form of protection;
- advising on protection available prior to making patent applications;
- sales of patents;
- defending against claims of infringement;
- acting to strike patented inventions off the Register of Patents on grounds of invalidity and other defects at the time of registration;
- advising on patent protection for innovative ideas;
- making clear options for protecting innovations, taking into account the nature of the invention and how competitors might look to compete or design around infrignment after exposure of the invention to competitive markets;
- assessing alternative forms of protection which may provide pragmatic protection for new inventions, having regard to the rights acquired and affordability factors.
Our patent lawyers in London have the expertise and experience to guide you through the intellectual property maze, and advise on the most appropriate forms of protection for innovation. We are a London IP law firm & specialists in patent law protection.
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.