IP Mark
As a commercial signature, a trademark can embody a company’s image and become an asset with a monetary value that may grow over time. If you do not seek protection for your trademark, others could benefit from your investment. An exclusive right in a trademark can only be obtained by registering it.
Standing out is good. Being protected is better.
The IP MARK team offers a wide range of legal services to acquire, consolidate, enhance and enforce your trademark rights. These services include:
Legal risk analysis
- Opinions on trademark validity (distinctiveness, lawfulness, linguistic aspects)
- Trademark availability searches (identical and similar marks)
- Freedom-to-operate studies for signs
- Strategies to clear the way for a trademark (use investigations, letters of consent, coexistence agreements, buy-outs, etc.)
Obtaining and maintaining rights
- Trademark filing worldwide (choice of sign, specification of goods and/or services, geographical coverage)
- Handling of examination and registration procedures (office actions, opposition proceedings, registration)
- Deadline monitoring and renewal management
Exploiting and enhancing rights
- Negotiation, drafting and review of agreements (assignment, licence, franchise, co-ownership, etc.)
- Valuation and enhancement of trademark portfolios
- Audits and due diligence
- Recordal of trademarks in national, European and international registers
- Trademark taxation
Watching and enforcement
- Watching of trademarks, company names and domain names
- Customs watch
- Competitor monitoring
- Oppositions, disputes and pre-litigation negotiations
- Court actions in cooperation with highly specialised attorneys-at-law (infringement, unfair competition, infringement seizures (saisie-contrefaçon), customs detention, preliminary injunctions, invalidity actions, revocation actions, ownership claims, etc.)
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