TMT

Technology, Media & Telecoms are at the forefront of today’s economy. Our team offers grounded, commercial expertise right across publishing, music, media and entertainment, sport, hospitality, art, retail, fashion, manufacturing, advertising, life sciences, medical research, gaming and other creative industries.

We have a formidable Media, IP and Trade Marks practice offering practical advice on the full range of commercial, contentious and strategic issues including:

Media dispute resolution covering a wide spectrum of sectors including music copyright and royalty accounting, reputation management, defamation and privacy actions, contractual disputes, acting for newspapers and satirical magazines, book publishers and individual creative artistic people in their disputes across the board.
IP enforcement and litigation involving trade marks, infringement, passing off, breach of confidentiality, copyright, design rights and domain name enforcement.
In-house trade mark filing practice dealing with applications, oppositions, invalidity/revocation actions and prosecution work.
IP portfolio management – attending to renewals, recordals and policing of IP.
IP rights work in the retail, professional & financial services, leisure & catering, creative industries and sports sectors. Such work encompasses soft IP, franchising, licensing, and commercial contracts.