We have long had an outstanding reputation for advising on traditional intellectual property issues, including patent infringement, trade marks, copyright and commercial agreements to deal with licensing and assignation of these rights. Where necessary the IP/IT team work closely with the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team to assert or defend claims in this field.

Our IP/IT team is also fully versed and experienced in the fast evolving IP area of Ecommerce and related IT. The team has provided legal advice in relation to a broad range of Ecommerce and other industry specific software applications to a variety of IT and internet based businesses on a very diverse range of matters. These include website development, online selling, privacy policies, terms and conditions, distance selling, compliance issues, encryption, clickwrap, the regulation of investigatory powers, interception and data protection.

Our IT work has included software evaluation and beta agreements, large scale software system supply and maintenance agreements, software licensing and development agreements, reseller agreements, escrow agreements, technology transfer agreements and all forms of agreement involving IT and IP regulatory compliance.

The IT/IP team is also at the forefront in advising and assisting companies to identify, commercialise, attribute and maximise value from their intellectual assets which is emerging as a key business issue.

Specialisations covering a wide range of  emerging technology sectors including biotechnology have been developed by the IP/IT team whilst acting for a diverse range of clients from large financial institutions to start-ups.

The team has expertise in

• IP registration, commercialisation and protection
• Licensing and related matters
• Patent, trade mark, copyright, database and design right advice
• Intellectual asset management
• IT including software licensing agreements
• IP/IT due diligence
• Ecommerce, domain name disputes and passing off

To discuss your business needs, please contact either Kenneth Chrystie, Euan Duncan or David Gourlay by clicking here.