BURGES SALMON LLP Intellectual Property Rights and Licencing Our Intellectual Property lawyers have in-depth insight into a range of sectors and clients come to us for our expertise in complex issues (we are often asked to provide second opinions). We are regularly praised for our problemsolving and pragmatic solutions. The team includes two trade mark attorneys (in the UK and in Ireland) and two trade mark paralegals which allows us to offer a distinct, but complementary, brand protection service. We also offer specialist advice to the media industry, advising a range of high-profile clients working in advertising, television, music, publishing and social media and because of our Irish presence, we can service EU brand work. Our expertise includes: • Clearance, ownership and protection of IP rights including trademark and design rights, IP audits, registrations and management of national and international portfolios including supporting on EU brand work • Exploitation of intellectual property rights through collaboration agreements, joint ventures, licensing arrangements and assignments • IP disputes including litigation, trade mark oppositions and cancellations and Company Names Tribunal and domain name disputes • Regulatory and statutory developments and implications for the media industry • Sponsorship arrangements, broadcasting rights and exploitation agreements for TV/multimedia clients. CASE STUDIES Guy’s & St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust Advising on a collaborative joint venture with Kings College London for the development and exploitation of new Medical Technology. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Advising on the establishment of UKRI, including the transfer of large quantities of registered IP from legacy bodies advising on interactions with the European Commission in respect of the 200+ EU funded research projects. UK Hydrographic Office Drafting and advising UKHO (an Executive Agency of the MOD) on its standard terms and IP licensing, for global distribution of its marine navigational products and services. Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) Advising and supporting on various licence agreements with VMIC’s Industry Partners, GE, Janssen (part of Johnson & Johnson), and Merck, Sharpe & Dohme. BBC and BBC Studios Sole counsel on all UK and EU trademark applications and registrations. Our role includes providing clearance advice on a range of new projects and brands and advice on other contentious and non-contentious brand protection and intellectual property issues. Back to contents 20
BURGES SALMON LLP International Law Our public international team has expertise in assisting clients with crossborder regulatory issues, trade-regulated litigation, labelling and country of origin advice, business immigration, inward investment, cross-border M&A and international taxation. Our nuclear team is also recognised for advising on the requirements of international nuclear law around the world. We act for governments, state owned nuclear developers, regulators and large international collaborations. Our expertise includes: • International dispute resolution including international arbitration and choice of jurisdiction/courts. • Trade disputes including sector based disputes concerning tariff breaches. • Regulatory requirements for imports/exports including consumer law, product liability, obtaining approvals and engagement with regulators. • Supply chain and country of origin implications for registration, labelling and taxation. • International law and best practice relevant to nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear safeguards and nuclear liability • Nuclear export controls • United Nations Security Council Resolutions • International transport of nuclear materials • Transboundary movements of nuclear waste • Nuclear safeguards agreements (comprehensive and voluntary offer) • Nuclear co-operation agreements • The constitution, statute and powers of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Eurostar CASE STUDIES Advising directly and on the engagement with former UK government shareholder LCR, on the application of the Treaty of Canterbury between UK and France relating to management of the Channel Tunnel Fixed Link. Advice covered issues such as oversight of safety compliance and responsibility, making submissions to the Inter- Government Commission set up to monitor the fixed link, charging and rights of access (including their overlap with later EU, UK and French law). Department for International Trade clients Advising DIT clients such as GCB Cocoa Singapore Ltd on their UK market entry and foreign direct investment projects. Nuclear regulator Advising on the requirements of International Nuclear Law and best practice, training staff, reviewing and reporting on the state’s implementation of the requirements of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and reviewing and amending the state’s framework nuclear laws, regulations and regulatory guidance. Advising NI Translink and (separately) Eurostar on continued operation and access to EU markets after Brexit leading to continuity agreements for both. Advice to UK sectors including chemicals, food and energy on impacts of trade agreements for country of origin and regulatory approvals. Back to contents 21
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