Intellectual capital ("IC") comprises traditional intellectual property such as patents, trade marks, registered designs, copyright, circuit layouts and plant breeders rights and the broader issues of domain names, business names, confidential information, trade secrets and know-how.

Our clients recognise that IC assets are forming an increasingly large and valuable proportion of their businesses' total assets.

Our clients look to us to assist them in identifying, capturing, protecting and exploiting their IC assets.

The computer-based environment and more generally the information technology world impacts on virtually every business. The IT industry is no longer the province only of boffins. It is a rapidly and constantly developing and highly diverse industry.

Our experience includes:

• advising start-ups, early stage businesses and mature stage innovators on the most suitable forms of corporate and business structuring
• advising on the protection of intellectual capital including confidential information, trade secrets and misuse by (former) employees and others of that intellectual capital
• IP and IT commercialisation
• Trade mark registration & protection
• Computer and high technology licensing and other contracts
• Software development agreements
• Advising in relation to infringement, section 52 and passing off matters
• E-commerce and IT issues involving formation of contract questions, jurisdiction issues, breaches of IP rights, etc.
• Registration of domain names
• Disputes and cyber squatting
• Patents