Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (“IP”) embraces a wide range of valuable, intangible, assets which enable those who are (for example) designers, authors, computer code writers, inventors, film producers and so on to protect the fruits of their labour so that third parties cannot simply use what they have produced and exploit it for their own benefit. Certain rights require registration, but a large majority of them arise simply on creation of the IP in question. Due to the nature of these rights and the complexity of the law surrounding them, it can often be difficult for rights owners to make use of the armoury that the law provides to protect their IP rights.

Marriott Harrison has a wealth of experience in protecting IP rights. The Litigation department has acted on both sides of IP disputes, assisting clients in asserting their intellectual property rights against third parties or in the defence of claims alleging that our clients infringe their IP rights. Such disputes can become time-consuming and expensive and often involving applications for injunctions to obtain an immediate remedy to prevent irremediable damage.

It is therefore important to have an eye for detail, and a good understanding of what can and cannot be obtained from the Court so as to bring the dispute to a swift and satisfactory conclusion. Marriott Harrison's background in artistic and media industries mean that we have the skill, knowledge and ability to achieve such a result.