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Intellectual Property

Mediation offers a faster, more cost-effective way to resolve IP disputes, with flexible solutions that address issues across multiple jurisdictions.
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Overview

Streamlining IP Disputes

Mediation is highly effective for resolving IP disputes, offering a broader range of solutions compared to court proceedings. It allows for addressing common issues across multiple jurisdictions while providing a faster and more cost-effective resolution. Our mediators frequently assist in resolving disputes in the following areas:

Design right:
  • registered / unregistered

  • UK / Community

  • similarity / commonplace designs

  • methods / principles of construction

  • licences of right

Patents:
  • validity / infringement

  • employee inventions

Trade Marks and Passing off:
  • infringement / validity

  • revocation / opposition proceedings

  • switch-selling

  • royalty / account of profits / damages

  • co-existence agreements

Copyright:
  • software code

  • music / literary works

  • joint ownership

  • moral rights

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Our expertise

Intellectual Property Expertise

As well as the above, we also cover:

Breach of confidence:
  • NDAs

  • fiduciary obligations

  • deletion / verification exercises

Database rights:
  • infringement

  • amalgamation / mixing of data

Competition:
  • parallel imports

  • exhaustion of rights

  • distribution networks

Domain names:
  • first instance / appeals

  • protest sites

Find your Mediator

Expert Mediators

Explore individual mediators below or contact us to discuss the best mediator for your dispute.

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