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Intellectual Property To learn more about our Brand Guardianship serviceemail brandguardianship@boyesturner.comTo learn more about our other Intellectual Property servicescall +44 (0)118 959 7711 oremail CommercialTechnology@boyesturner.com @boyesturnerboyesturner.com“We routinely use Boyes Turner as external counsel for IP advice across corporate deals, strategic commercial transactions and development projects. They bring an eye for detail, commercial insight and a solution-focused approach which makes them a valuable business partner and helps us maximise our IP assets.”It may take the form of proprietary technology and soware, innovaon, invenon and know-how or, more simply, a business’ name and recognisable brand. Intellectual property can drive signicant commercial value and, conversely, mismanagement of intellectual property can be costly. Eecvely protecng and exploing IP assets is crical to future success.We understand how important these assets are and their potenal for your business. Our lawyers will support you throughout the full IP lifecycle – from creaon, R&D and ownership to commercialisaon and disposal – to help you maximise the value of your IP and protect your business from infringements and adverse claims. We work closely with businesses, from enterprising start-ups to large, global and listed companies, to idenfy, capture, protect, register and commercialise IP rights. Our experience spans many sectors and the full spectrum of IP rights.boyesturner.comIntellectual property is a valuable commercial asset and for many businesses, key to success.What is Intellectual Property?Helen Dobson Senior Associate – Solicitor Helen is a commercial and technology lawyer with parcular experse advising clients in the UK and internaonally on the capture, commercialisaon, exploitaon and management of intellectual property. Her experse spans a diverse range of IP rights, including in the telecoms, soware, transport and retail sectors and covers brand management, licensing, and development as well as corporate transacons and restructures. hdobson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7157Chloe Fernandez Paralegal Chloe is a qualied CITMA Trade Mark Paralegal and is responsible for the ling, prosecuon and registraon of trade marks. She also provides domain name and trade mark watching services, to idenfy potenal infringements of her clients’ registered trade marks. Evidence-gathering for acquired disncveness claims and IP due diligence in corporate transacons also form part of Chloe’s role. cfernandez@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7120Meet the teamSarah Williamson Partner Sarah is a Partner and Head of the Commercial & Technology team. Sarah oversees the Brand Guardianship service and has extensive experience advising clients on brand management and IP strategies. She has parcular experse advising clients in the technology, media and retail sectors on the commercialisaon and protecon of their intellectual property. swilliamson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7240“We value Boyes Turner’s legal expertise and input in our IP investments and collaborations. The team is front of mind when it comes to seeking incisive, pragmatic and solution-focused advice.”Rowan Turrall Partner Rowan is a Partner and the Head of the Dispute Resoluon team. She advises on a wide range of disputes but parcularly those in the technology sector. She frequently provides support to the Commercial & Technology team and their clients in relaon to intellectual property issues. Her experience includes advising in relaon to soware copyright infringement as well as passing o. rturrall@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7285

Intellectual Property To learn more about our Brand Guardianship serviceemail brandguardianship@boyesturner.comTo learn more about our other Intellectual Property servicescall +44 (0)118 959 7711 oremail CommercialTechnology@boyesturner.com @boyesturnerboyesturner.com“We routinely use Boyes Turner as external counsel for IP advice across corporate deals, strategic commercial transactions and development projects. They bring an eye for detail, commercial insight and a solution-focused approach which makes them a valuable business partner and helps us maximise our IP assets.”It may take the form of proprietary technology and soware, innovaon, invenon and know-how or, more simply, a business’ name and recognisable brand. Intellectual property can drive signicant commercial value and, conversely, mismanagement of intellectual property can be costly. Eecvely protecng and exploing IP assets is crical to future success.We understand how important these assets are and their potenal for your business. Our lawyers will support you throughout the full IP lifecycle – from creaon, R&D and ownership to commercialisaon and disposal – to help you maximise the value of your IP and protect your business from infringements and adverse claims. We work closely with businesses, from enterprising start-ups to large, global and listed companies, to idenfy, capture, protect, register and commercialise IP rights. Our experience spans many sectors and the full spectrum of IP rights.boyesturner.comIntellectual property is a valuable commercial asset and for many businesses, key to success.What is Intellectual Property?Helen Dobson Senior Associate – Solicitor Helen is a commercial and technology lawyer with parcular experse advising clients in the UK and internaonally on the capture, commercialisaon, exploitaon and management of intellectual property. Her experse spans a diverse range of IP rights, including in the telecoms, soware, transport and retail sectors and covers brand management, licensing, and development as well as corporate transacons and restructures. hdobson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7157Chloe Fernandez Paralegal Chloe is a qualied CITMA Trade Mark Paralegal and is responsible for the ling, prosecuon and registraon of trade marks. She also provides domain name and trade mark watching services, to idenfy potenal infringements of her clients’ registered trade marks. Evidence-gathering for acquired disncveness claims and IP due diligence in corporate transacons also form part of Chloe’s role. cfernandez@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7120Meet the teamSarah Williamson Partner Sarah is a Partner and Head of the Commercial & Technology team. Sarah oversees the Brand Guardianship service and has extensive experience advising clients on brand management and IP strategies. She has parcular experse advising clients in the technology, media and retail sectors on the commercialisaon and protecon of their intellectual property. swilliamson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7240“We value Boyes Turner’s legal expertise and input in our IP investments and collaborations. The team is front of mind when it comes to seeking incisive, pragmatic and solution-focused advice.”Rowan Turrall Partner Rowan is a Partner and the Head of the Dispute Resoluon team. She advises on a wide range of disputes but parcularly those in the technology sector. She frequently provides support to the Commercial & Technology team and their clients in relaon to intellectual property issues. Her experience includes advising in relaon to soware copyright infringement as well as passing o. rturrall@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7285

Intellectual Property To learn more about our Brand Guardianship serviceemail brandguardianship@boyesturner.comTo learn more about our other Intellectual Property servicescall +44 (0)118 959 7711 oremail CommercialTechnology@boyesturner.com @boyesturnerboyesturner.com“We routinely use Boyes Turner as external counsel for IP advice across corporate deals, strategic commercial transactions and development projects. They bring an eye for detail, commercial insight and a solution-focused approach which makes them a valuable business partner and helps us maximise our IP assets.”It may take the form of proprietary technology and soware, innovaon, invenon and know-how or, more simply, a business’ name and recognisable brand. Intellectual property can drive signicant commercial value and, conversely, mismanagement of intellectual property can be costly. Eecvely protecng and exploing IP assets is crical to future success.We understand how important these assets are and their potenal for your business. Our lawyers will support you throughout the full IP lifecycle – from creaon, R&D and ownership to commercialisaon and disposal – to help you maximise the value of your IP and protect your business from infringements and adverse claims. We work closely with businesses, from enterprising start-ups to large, global and listed companies, to idenfy, capture, protect, register and commercialise IP rights. Our experience spans many sectors and the full spectrum of IP rights.boyesturner.comIntellectual property is a valuable commercial asset and for many businesses, key to success.What is Intellectual Property?Helen Dobson Senior Associate – Solicitor Helen is a commercial and technology lawyer with parcular experse advising clients in the UK and internaonally on the capture, commercialisaon, exploitaon and management of intellectual property. Her experse spans a diverse range of IP rights, including in the telecoms, soware, transport and retail sectors and covers brand management, licensing, and development as well as corporate transacons and restructures. hdobson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7157Chloe Fernandez Paralegal Chloe is a qualied CITMA Trade Mark Paralegal and is responsible for the ling, prosecuon and registraon of trade marks. She also provides domain name and trade mark watching services, to idenfy potenal infringements of her clients’ registered trade marks. Evidence-gathering for acquired disncveness claims and IP due diligence in corporate transacons also form part of Chloe’s role. cfernandez@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7120Meet the teamSarah Williamson Partner Sarah is a Partner and Head of the Commercial & Technology team. Sarah oversees the Brand Guardianship service and has extensive experience advising clients on brand management and IP strategies. She has parcular experse advising clients in the technology, media and retail sectors on the commercialisaon and protecon of their intellectual property. swilliamson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7240“We value Boyes Turner’s legal expertise and input in our IP investments and collaborations. The team is front of mind when it comes to seeking incisive, pragmatic and solution-focused advice.”Rowan Turrall Partner Rowan is a Partner and the Head of the Dispute Resoluon team. She advises on a wide range of disputes but parcularly those in the technology sector. She frequently provides support to the Commercial & Technology team and their clients in relaon to intellectual property issues. Her experience includes advising in relaon to soware copyright infringement as well as passing o. rturrall@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7285

Condentiality agreements Helping you to protect your IP while you evaluate opportunies with prospecve commercial partners.Work highlights/Scope of our work• New product development advice for a global water treatment company.• Advising on protecon of IP in R&D and market research trials for an alternave fuel vehicle manufacturer.• Brand registraon, porolio management and watching services for an agile marketplace and dropship plaorm provider.• Strategic advice and brand clearance assistance for a classic wristwatch company, including cease and desist leers, selement negoaons and cancellaon acons in various jurisdicons in relaon to infringing third party trade marks.• Trade mark protecon and enforcement advice for the UK’s leading water soener business.• Brand porolio management for the UK’s largest digital automove marketplace.• Soware licensing advice and arrangements for the integraon and deployment of intelligent edge soware in mission-crical systems. • Negoang patent and brand licensing in relaon to internaonal use of proprietary agricultural strains.• IP capture advice in corporate transacons and strategic advice on IP ownership structures following acquision.• Providing guidance on IP ownership and rights within joint venture arrangements for a proposed new digital business.boyesturner.comExamples of our work include: Our experse covers the full range of intellectual property rights and dealings, from copyright to trade marks, trade secrets and research and development. Whether you are creang, assigning or licensing, or commercialising your IP, we can provide tailored support. Brand GuardianshipA company’s brand can oen be its most valuable asset and a crical component of future success. Creang, establishing, and building a brand can be expensive and requires proper care and protecon at every step of the way.Our Brand Guardianship team understands how important your brand is and its potenal to drive commercial value for your business. We advise on trade mark availability, registraon, management, watching services and infringement acons. We oer a range of xed price services which are scalable to dierent business’ needs, from entrepreneurs to internaonal corporates.IP exploitation and commercialisation We provide support to help our clients commercialise and exploit their IP assets:“Boyes Turner manages our extensive trade mark portfolio across multiple foreign jurisdictions. The specialist team is ecient, leverages strong relationships with international agents, and provides practical, strategic advice in a cost-eective manner.” IP development agreements Whether you are the developer or the client, ensuring that commissioned IP is eecvely transferred, while either party’s pre-exisng and fundamental proprietary IP is retained, will be key to a successful relaonship.Joint venture and collaboration agreements We ensure that the IP you contribute is protected and that ownership of and rights in relaon to IP arising from the partnership are clearly agreed.Infringement claims and settlements If you are subject to an infringement of your IP rights, or receive noce of alleged infringements of a third party’s rights, we can support with assessment and management of claims and proceedings.AssignmentsIf you want to realise the equity in your IP assets, we can support with disposal agreements and transfer of rights.IP licensing We support with the preparaon and negoaon of licensing agreements, ensuring a clear scope of the licensee’s rights and appropriate protecons for the licensor.Co-existence agreements Where you and another enterprise have similar brands or IP rights, these can give both pares a way forward in their commercial endeavours.“Boyes Turner supported us with an IP infringement claim. They helped us to assess our options and determine strategy, ultimately enabling us to settle the dispute eectively. Their lawyers combine highly commercial legal expertise with an approachable manner, which made the challenging situation easier to navigate.” When your business model relies on such assets, it is essenal to ensure that ownership of IP created by your employees, directors, consultants and service providers has eecvely vested in your business. Pragmac legal support in the early stages of the IP ownership lifecycle is essenal to enable you to capture, protect and commercialise your IP, and minimise the risk of disputes and infringement claims.We help business owners and stakeholders to idenfy where IP exists and may arise in their business, and to ensure that suitable contracts are in place with employees, consultants, directors and service providers and that relevant IP assets belong legally to their business. If your IP rights are registrable, we can manage the registraon process via our brand guardianship service or networks of trusted design right specialists and patent aorneys.For group companies and joint ventures, eecve IP management may become a challenge. We provide strategic advice on IP ownership structures, as well as any intra-group licensing requirements if your brand or other IP are used across a company group. In business acquisions, whether as an asset or share purchase, securing ownership of valuable IP is crical. We undertake due diligence to ensure all relevant IP – trade marks, know-how or copyright – is legally owned by the target business and that the seller is capable of transferring it to you. We coordinate any necessary pre-compleon acons and provide advice for eecve IP management post compleon.If you believe someone is infringing your IP rights, or receive an infringement noce from another party, we can support you in assessing the claim, determining strategic opons, and guiding you through the process of negoaon, selement or formal legal proceedings.Under UK law, IP rights commonly belong automacally to the business or individual(s) who originally created it.IP: creation, ownership and protectionTrade mark registrations and brand watchesRegistraon support to protect your brand rights and watching services to help you proacvely protect those rights.

Condentiality agreements Helping you to protect your IP while you evaluate opportunies with prospecve commercial partners.Work highlights/Scope of our work• New product development advice for a global water treatment company.• Advising on protecon of IP in R&D and market research trials for an alternave fuel vehicle manufacturer.• Brand registraon, porolio management and watching services for an agile marketplace and dropship plaorm provider.• Strategic advice and brand clearance assistance for a classic wristwatch company, including cease and desist leers, selement negoaons and cancellaon acons in various jurisdicons in relaon to infringing third party trade marks.• Trade mark protecon and enforcement advice for the UK’s leading water soener business.• Brand porolio management for the UK’s largest digital automove marketplace.• Soware licensing advice and arrangements for the integraon and deployment of intelligent edge soware in mission-crical systems. • Negoang patent and brand licensing in relaon to internaonal use of proprietary agricultural strains.• IP capture advice in corporate transacons and strategic advice on IP ownership structures following acquision.• Providing guidance on IP ownership and rights within joint venture arrangements for a proposed new digital business.boyesturner.comExamples of our work include: Our experse covers the full range of intellectual property rights and dealings, from copyright to trade marks, trade secrets and research and development. Whether you are creang, assigning or licensing, or commercialising your IP, we can provide tailored support. Brand GuardianshipA company’s brand can oen be its most valuable asset and a crical component of future success. Creang, establishing, and building a brand can be expensive and requires proper care and protecon at every step of the way.Our Brand Guardianship team understands how important your brand is and its potenal to drive commercial value for your business. We advise on trade mark availability, registraon, management, watching services and infringement acons. We oer a range of xed price services which are scalable to dierent business’ needs, from entrepreneurs to internaonal corporates.IP exploitation and commercialisation We provide support to help our clients commercialise and exploit their IP assets:“Boyes Turner manages our extensive trade mark portfolio across multiple foreign jurisdictions. The specialist team is ecient, leverages strong relationships with international agents, and provides practical, strategic advice in a cost-eective manner.” IP development agreements Whether you are the developer or the client, ensuring that commissioned IP is eecvely transferred, while either party’s pre-exisng and fundamental proprietary IP is retained, will be key to a successful relaonship.Joint venture and collaboration agreements We ensure that the IP you contribute is protected and that ownership of and rights in relaon to IP arising from the partnership are clearly agreed.Infringement claims and settlements If you are subject to an infringement of your IP rights, or receive noce of alleged infringements of a third party’s rights, we can support with assessment and management of claims and proceedings.AssignmentsIf you want to realise the equity in your IP assets, we can support with disposal agreements and transfer of rights.IP licensing We support with the preparaon and negoaon of licensing agreements, ensuring a clear scope of the licensee’s rights and appropriate protecons for the licensor.Co-existence agreements Where you and another enterprise have similar brands or IP rights, these can give both pares a way forward in their commercial endeavours.“Boyes Turner supported us with an IP infringement claim. They helped us to assess our options and determine strategy, ultimately enabling us to settle the dispute eectively. Their lawyers combine highly commercial legal expertise with an approachable manner, which made the challenging situation easier to navigate.” When your business model relies on such assets, it is essenal to ensure that ownership of IP created by your employees, directors, consultants and service providers has eecvely vested in your business. Pragmac legal support in the early stages of the IP ownership lifecycle is essenal to enable you to capture, protect and commercialise your IP, and minimise the risk of disputes and infringement claims.We help business owners and stakeholders to idenfy where IP exists and may arise in their business, and to ensure that suitable contracts are in place with employees, consultants, directors and service providers and that relevant IP assets belong legally to their business. If your IP rights are registrable, we can manage the registraon process via our brand guardianship service or networks of trusted design right specialists and patent aorneys.For group companies and joint ventures, eecve IP management may become a challenge. We provide strategic advice on IP ownership structures, as well as any intra-group licensing requirements if your brand or other IP are used across a company group. In business acquisions, whether as an asset or share purchase, securing ownership of valuable IP is crical. We undertake due diligence to ensure all relevant IP – trade marks, know-how or copyright – is legally owned by the target business and that the seller is capable of transferring it to you. We coordinate any necessary pre-compleon acons and provide advice for eecve IP management post compleon.If you believe someone is infringing your IP rights, or receive an infringement noce from another party, we can support you in assessing the claim, determining strategic opons, and guiding you through the process of negoaon, selement or formal legal proceedings.Under UK law, IP rights commonly belong automacally to the business or individual(s) who originally created it.IP: creation, ownership and protectionTrade mark registrations and brand watchesRegistraon support to protect your brand rights and watching services to help you proacvely protect those rights.

Condentiality agreements Helping you to protect your IP while you evaluate opportunies with prospecve commercial partners.Work highlights/Scope of our work• New product development advice for a global water treatment company.• Advising on protecon of IP in R&D and market research trials for an alternave fuel vehicle manufacturer.• Brand registraon, porolio management and watching services for an agile marketplace and dropship plaorm provider.• Strategic advice and brand clearance assistance for a classic wristwatch company, including cease and desist leers, selement negoaons and cancellaon acons in various jurisdicons in relaon to infringing third party trade marks.• Trade mark protecon and enforcement advice for the UK’s leading water soener business.• Brand porolio management for the UK’s largest digital automove marketplace.• Soware licensing advice and arrangements for the integraon and deployment of intelligent edge soware in mission-crical systems. • Negoang patent and brand licensing in relaon to internaonal use of proprietary agricultural strains.• IP capture advice in corporate transacons and strategic advice on IP ownership structures following acquision.• Providing guidance on IP ownership and rights within joint venture arrangements for a proposed new digital business.boyesturner.comExamples of our work include: Our experse covers the full range of intellectual property rights and dealings, from copyright to trade marks, trade secrets and research and development. Whether you are creang, assigning or licensing, or commercialising your IP, we can provide tailored support. Brand GuardianshipA company’s brand can oen be its most valuable asset and a crical component of future success. Creang, establishing, and building a brand can be expensive and requires proper care and protecon at every step of the way.Our Brand Guardianship team understands how important your brand is and its potenal to drive commercial value for your business. We advise on trade mark availability, registraon, management, watching services and infringement acons. We oer a range of xed price services which are scalable to dierent business’ needs, from entrepreneurs to internaonal corporates.IP exploitation and commercialisation We provide support to help our clients commercialise and exploit their IP assets:“Boyes Turner manages our extensive trade mark portfolio across multiple foreign jurisdictions. The specialist team is ecient, leverages strong relationships with international agents, and provides practical, strategic advice in a cost-eective manner.” IP development agreements Whether you are the developer or the client, ensuring that commissioned IP is eecvely transferred, while either party’s pre-exisng and fundamental proprietary IP is retained, will be key to a successful relaonship.Joint venture and collaboration agreements We ensure that the IP you contribute is protected and that ownership of and rights in relaon to IP arising from the partnership are clearly agreed.Infringement claims and settlements If you are subject to an infringement of your IP rights, or receive noce of alleged infringements of a third party’s rights, we can support with assessment and management of claims and proceedings.AssignmentsIf you want to realise the equity in your IP assets, we can support with disposal agreements and transfer of rights.IP licensing We support with the preparaon and negoaon of licensing agreements, ensuring a clear scope of the licensee’s rights and appropriate protecons for the licensor.Co-existence agreements Where you and another enterprise have similar brands or IP rights, these can give both pares a way forward in their commercial endeavours.“Boyes Turner supported us with an IP infringement claim. They helped us to assess our options and determine strategy, ultimately enabling us to settle the dispute eectively. Their lawyers combine highly commercial legal expertise with an approachable manner, which made the challenging situation easier to navigate.” When your business model relies on such assets, it is essenal to ensure that ownership of IP created by your employees, directors, consultants and service providers has eecvely vested in your business. Pragmac legal support in the early stages of the IP ownership lifecycle is essenal to enable you to capture, protect and commercialise your IP, and minimise the risk of disputes and infringement claims.We help business owners and stakeholders to idenfy where IP exists and may arise in their business, and to ensure that suitable contracts are in place with employees, consultants, directors and service providers and that relevant IP assets belong legally to their business. If your IP rights are registrable, we can manage the registraon process via our brand guardianship service or networks of trusted design right specialists and patent aorneys.For group companies and joint ventures, eecve IP management may become a challenge. We provide strategic advice on IP ownership structures, as well as any intra-group licensing requirements if your brand or other IP are used across a company group. In business acquisions, whether as an asset or share purchase, securing ownership of valuable IP is crical. We undertake due diligence to ensure all relevant IP – trade marks, know-how or copyright – is legally owned by the target business and that the seller is capable of transferring it to you. We coordinate any necessary pre-compleon acons and provide advice for eecve IP management post compleon.If you believe someone is infringing your IP rights, or receive an infringement noce from another party, we can support you in assessing the claim, determining strategic opons, and guiding you through the process of negoaon, selement or formal legal proceedings.Under UK law, IP rights commonly belong automacally to the business or individual(s) who originally created it.IP: creation, ownership and protectionTrade mark registrations and brand watchesRegistraon support to protect your brand rights and watching services to help you proacvely protect those rights.

Condentiality agreements Helping you to protect your IP while you evaluate opportunies with prospecve commercial partners.Work highlights/Scope of our work• New product development advice for a global water treatment company.• Advising on protecon of IP in R&D and market research trials for an alternave fuel vehicle manufacturer.• Brand registraon, porolio management and watching services for an agile marketplace and dropship plaorm provider.• Strategic advice and brand clearance assistance for a classic wristwatch company, including cease and desist leers, selement negoaons and cancellaon acons in various jurisdicons in relaon to infringing third party trade marks.• Trade mark protecon and enforcement advice for the UK’s leading water soener business.• Brand porolio management for the UK’s largest digital automove marketplace.• Soware licensing advice and arrangements for the integraon and deployment of intelligent edge soware in mission-crical systems. • Negoang patent and brand licensing in relaon to internaonal use of proprietary agricultural strains.• IP capture advice in corporate transacons and strategic advice on IP ownership structures following acquision.• Providing guidance on IP ownership and rights within joint venture arrangements for a proposed new digital business.boyesturner.comExamples of our work include: Our experse covers the full range of intellectual property rights and dealings, from copyright to trade marks, trade secrets and research and development. Whether you are creang, assigning or licensing, or commercialising your IP, we can provide tailored support. Brand GuardianshipA company’s brand can oen be its most valuable asset and a crical component of future success. Creang, establishing, and building a brand can be expensive and requires proper care and protecon at every step of the way.Our Brand Guardianship team understands how important your brand is and its potenal to drive commercial value for your business. We advise on trade mark availability, registraon, management, watching services and infringement acons. We oer a range of xed price services which are scalable to dierent business’ needs, from entrepreneurs to internaonal corporates.IP exploitation and commercialisation We provide support to help our clients commercialise and exploit their IP assets:“Boyes Turner manages our extensive trade mark portfolio across multiple foreign jurisdictions. The specialist team is ecient, leverages strong relationships with international agents, and provides practical, strategic advice in a cost-eective manner.” IP development agreements Whether you are the developer or the client, ensuring that commissioned IP is eecvely transferred, while either party’s pre-exisng and fundamental proprietary IP is retained, will be key to a successful relaonship.Joint venture and collaboration agreements We ensure that the IP you contribute is protected and that ownership of and rights in relaon to IP arising from the partnership are clearly agreed.Infringement claims and settlements If you are subject to an infringement of your IP rights, or receive noce of alleged infringements of a third party’s rights, we can support with assessment and management of claims and proceedings.AssignmentsIf you want to realise the equity in your IP assets, we can support with disposal agreements and transfer of rights.IP licensing We support with the preparaon and negoaon of licensing agreements, ensuring a clear scope of the licensee’s rights and appropriate protecons for the licensor.Co-existence agreements Where you and another enterprise have similar brands or IP rights, these can give both pares a way forward in their commercial endeavours.“Boyes Turner supported us with an IP infringement claim. They helped us to assess our options and determine strategy, ultimately enabling us to settle the dispute eectively. Their lawyers combine highly commercial legal expertise with an approachable manner, which made the challenging situation easier to navigate.” When your business model relies on such assets, it is essenal to ensure that ownership of IP created by your employees, directors, consultants and service providers has eecvely vested in your business. Pragmac legal support in the early stages of the IP ownership lifecycle is essenal to enable you to capture, protect and commercialise your IP, and minimise the risk of disputes and infringement claims.We help business owners and stakeholders to idenfy where IP exists and may arise in their business, and to ensure that suitable contracts are in place with employees, consultants, directors and service providers and that relevant IP assets belong legally to their business. If your IP rights are registrable, we can manage the registraon process via our brand guardianship service or networks of trusted design right specialists and patent aorneys.For group companies and joint ventures, eecve IP management may become a challenge. We provide strategic advice on IP ownership structures, as well as any intra-group licensing requirements if your brand or other IP are used across a company group. In business acquisions, whether as an asset or share purchase, securing ownership of valuable IP is crical. We undertake due diligence to ensure all relevant IP – trade marks, know-how or copyright – is legally owned by the target business and that the seller is capable of transferring it to you. We coordinate any necessary pre-compleon acons and provide advice for eecve IP management post compleon.If you believe someone is infringing your IP rights, or receive an infringement noce from another party, we can support you in assessing the claim, determining strategic opons, and guiding you through the process of negoaon, selement or formal legal proceedings.Under UK law, IP rights commonly belong automacally to the business or individual(s) who originally created it.IP: creation, ownership and protectionTrade mark registrations and brand watchesRegistraon support to protect your brand rights and watching services to help you proacvely protect those rights.

Intellectual Property To learn more about our Brand Guardianship serviceemail brandguardianship@boyesturner.comTo learn more about our other Intellectual Property servicescall +44 (0)118 959 7711 oremail CommercialTechnology@boyesturner.com @boyesturnerboyesturner.com“We routinely use Boyes Turner as external counsel for IP advice across corporate deals, strategic commercial transactions and development projects. They bring an eye for detail, commercial insight and a solution-focused approach which makes them a valuable business partner and helps us maximise our IP assets.”It may take the form of proprietary technology and soware, innovaon, invenon and know-how or, more simply, a business’ name and recognisable brand. Intellectual property can drive signicant commercial value and, conversely, mismanagement of intellectual property can be costly. Eecvely protecng and exploing IP assets is crical to future success.We understand how important these assets are and their potenal for your business. Our lawyers will support you throughout the full IP lifecycle – from creaon, R&D and ownership to commercialisaon and disposal – to help you maximise the value of your IP and protect your business from infringements and adverse claims. We work closely with businesses, from enterprising start-ups to large, global and listed companies, to idenfy, capture, protect, register and commercialise IP rights. Our experience spans many sectors and the full spectrum of IP rights.boyesturner.comIntellectual property is a valuable commercial asset and for many businesses, key to success.What is Intellectual Property?Helen Dobson Senior Associate – Solicitor Helen is a commercial and technology lawyer with parcular experse advising clients in the UK and internaonally on the capture, commercialisaon, exploitaon and management of intellectual property. Her experse spans a diverse range of IP rights, including in the telecoms, soware, transport and retail sectors and covers brand management, licensing, and development as well as corporate transacons and restructures. hdobson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7157Chloe Fernandez Paralegal Chloe is a qualied CITMA Trade Mark Paralegal and is responsible for the ling, prosecuon and registraon of trade marks. She also provides domain name and trade mark watching services, to idenfy potenal infringements of her clients’ registered trade marks. Evidence-gathering for acquired disncveness claims and IP due diligence in corporate transacons also form part of Chloe’s role. cfernandez@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7120Meet the teamSarah Williamson Partner Sarah is a Partner and Head of the Commercial & Technology team. Sarah oversees the Brand Guardianship service and has extensive experience advising clients on brand management and IP strategies. She has parcular experse advising clients in the technology, media and retail sectors on the commercialisaon and protecon of their intellectual property. swilliamson@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7240“We value Boyes Turner’s legal expertise and input in our IP investments and collaborations. The team is front of mind when it comes to seeking incisive, pragmatic and solution-focused advice.”Rowan Turrall Partner Rowan is a Partner and the Head of the Dispute Resoluon team. She advises on a wide range of disputes but parcularly those in the technology sector. She frequently provides support to the Commercial & Technology team and their clients in relaon to intellectual property issues. Her experience includes advising in relaon to soware copyright infringement as well as passing o. rturrall@boyesturner.com +44 (0)118 952 7285