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6 ways we protect and enforce your intellectual property.
From the first search to the last renewal, and to court if it comes to that.
Trademark Services
Trademark Services
Protecting Your Brand
Your brand can be among your most valuable business assets. A strong trademark strategy protects the asset, distinguishes your business in the marketplace and supports its growth across jurisdictions.
Our trademark services include
- Availability searches and clearance opinions
- Trademark filing, prosecution and registration
- Responding to office actions
- Recordals, renewals and portfolio management
- Opposition and cancellation proceedings
- Trademark enforcement and infringement advice
Our role extends beyond filing applications. We help clients develop and implement trademark strategies that protect their brands today and support their commercial ambitions tomorrow.
Procedure
Once a trademark application is filed, it generally undergoes examination by the relevant governmental authority in accordance with the applicable laws and procedures of the jurisdiction.
If the application satisfies the required conditions, it may be published in the official gazette or other designated publication, where applicable. Third parties may be given an opportunity to file an opposition within a prescribed period, the duration and procedure of which vary by jurisdiction.
If no opposition is filed, or once any opposition proceedings have been resolved, the application may proceed toward registration and the issuance of a registration certificate.
The duration and commencement of trademark protection are determined by the applicable laws of each jurisdiction and may be calculated from the filing date, registration date, or another legally prescribed date.
- Use
- The trademark must be used within five years of filing. If it is not used, it may be subject to cancellation by any third party.
- Validity
- Ten years from the filing date, renewable every ten years.
- Estimated timeline
- 4–5 months per jurisdiction.
Litigation
Litigation
Representing Clients Before the Courts
When intellectual property rights are infringed, timely and decisive action can be critical to protecting your business and limiting further damage.
Our experience includes
- Intellectual Property Disputes
- Trademark Cancellation Action
- Counterfeit Products Infringement
- Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings
- Unfair Competition
- Enforcement Actions
- Appeals
Where appropriate, we also pursue practical commercial solutions that protect our clients' interests without unnecessary litigation.
Enforcement
Enforcement
Protecting Your Rights in the Marketplace
Registration alone is not enough.
When intellectual property rights are infringed, prompt and appropriate action is often the most effective way to protect your business.
Our enforcement services include
- Cease and desist letters
- Customs recordals
- Market investigations
- Anti-counterfeiting measures
- Settlement negotiations
- Administrative actions
We assess each matter on its facts and pursue the strategy best suited to the client's commercial objectives.
Opposition & Counter-Opposition
Opposition & Counter-Opposition
Protecting Your Rights Before Registration
Not every application should proceed to registration.
Where a third-party application conflicts with your earlier rights, timely opposition can prevent future disputes and unnecessary litigation.
Likewise, when your own application is challenged, we prepare and defend opposition proceedings with the objective of protecting your rights efficiently and effectively.
Our services include
- Filing oppositions
- Defending oppositions
- Preparing evidence
- Hearings
- Appeals
Patent Services
Patent Services
Protecting Innovation
Innovation deserves protection.
Whether you have developed a new product, process or technology, we help secure patent protection while guiding you through the technical and procedural requirements of the jurisdictions in which protection is sought.
Our patent services include
- Patentability and prior art searches
- Patent drafting
- Filing and prosecution
- Translation
- Annuity and renewal management
- Portfolio management
We work with inventors, businesses and international associates to protect valuable innovations throughout the region.
- Validity
- Renewable annually via payment of an annuity.
- Estimated timeline
- Around 2 years.
Industrial Designs
Industrial Designs
Protecting Product Appearance
The appearance of a product is often as valuable as the product itself.
Industrial design protection safeguards the visual features that distinguish your products in the marketplace.
Our services include
- Design searches
- Filing applications
- Registration
- Renewals
- Portfolio management