The practice
Six ways a right is looked after.
Every engagement starts with the register you already have — or the gap where one should be. Filing is only one desk. Watching, renewing and recording ownership keep a right alive after the certificate arrives.
01 · Names, signs and brand systems
Trade marks
Clearance, UKIPO filing, opposition, comparable-right audits and renewal calendars for word, figurative and series marks.
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02 · Inventions and technical subject-matter
Patents
Docketing, UK and European filing programmes, annuity calendars and freedom-to-operate records for products you intend to sell in Britain.
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03 · The look of a product
Design rights
UK registered designs, unregistered design right, and the supplementary unregistered design that replaced EU UCD coverage after Brexit.
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04 · Works that arise on creation
Copyright
Ownership records, licence registers, software and content audits, and the evidence pack you need when someone copies the work.
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05 · The docket, the watch and the report
Portfolio management
A single register of every right you own or use, with renewal dates, owner-of-record checks, watching hits and a report a director can read.
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06 · When a third party will not stop
Enforcement
Evidence packs, letters before action, UKIPO oppositions and cancellations, and coordination of High Court or IPEC counsel.
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