Intellectual Property Lawyers
Your intellectual property is a valuable asset that requires careful protection, whether you’re creating, using, licensing or enforcing your rights.
Our experienced intellectual property lawyers help businesses safeguard their IP in the UK and internationally. If your organisation faces an IP dispute, we provide clear, strategic advice to resolve issues efficiently and protect your interests.
As specialists in intellectual property law, we support businesses and institutions across a wide range of industries. We work with regional corporates, multinationals, schools, universities, further education colleges, charities, family businesses and public sector bodies.
As founding members of the Association of European Lawyers, we also have a trusted network of IP lawyers worldwide, ensuring you have the right support wherever your business operates.
With in-depth sector knowledge and a client-focused approach, we provide tailored legal solutions to help you maximise and protect your intellectual property.
Our expertise
Our team will help you identify your core business intellectual property rights, ensure that these rights are properly protected, managed, and enforced, giving you confidence in your rights and the value of your assets.
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Why choose VWV?
Our team is able to advise across the full range of UK IP rights (including patents, design rights, copyright, confidential information, unregistered and registered trade marks) and is in fact uniquely placed in having its own in-house trade mark team.
We are increasingly finding that our clients are looking to diversify or expand into new territories. Our wealth of experience, coupled with the support of our extended network of preferred overseas IP specialists, means that we are able to add value by providing comprehensive guidance in relation to clearance of third party rights across multiple jurisdictions and advising on the most effective strategy for trade mark protection working against the client's operational time pressures.
Frequently asked questions on trade marks
Our work highlights
Working closely with the in-house legal team of a UK biomedical research institute (that works with organisations across both the academic and medical sectors, as well as industry) on the re-structuring of its relationship with one of its core funders. One of the key drivers behind the revised terms relate to the effective commercialisation of the life-changing research-generated IP. The depth of our experience means that we have been well placed to provide time critical legal support on the stages of the complex IP cross licensing and assignment provisions.
Acting for a leading South-West University in relation to its domestic and international trade mark portfolio, to include conducting a detailed trade marks audit, and preparing and effecting a comprehensive international trade mark protection strategy. Also providing project-focused trade mark advice to the University's research teams.
Advising a top London university in relation to the copyright implications of podcasting and related moral rights issues, with a specific focus on securing relevant consents and copyright owner acknowledgements.
