IP Services: Barristers

advising on difficult questions of law (e.g. does copyright subsist in this work, is this invention patentable, has this right been infringed, what remedies are available for this infringement and what is the best way to resolve this dispute);

drafting and reviewing agreements, assignments, licences, standard terms and other complex legal documents;

reviewing and drafting cease and desist letters, injunction applications, statements of case, skeleton arguments and other documents for use in litigation, arbitration, mediation and other dispute resolution proceedings;

representing parties before the courts, Patent Office, arbitrators, mediators and other proceedings;

conducting mediations and arbitrations;

advising insurers on the merits of a claim; and

generally helping people to keep out of trouble and make the best of their intellectual capital.