Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is a critical asset for any business or organisation. Protecting your ideas, creative works, and confidential information is essential to maintaining your competitive advantage and maximising commercial opportunities. At Portree, we provide clear, practical advice to help you identify, protect, and manage your intellectual property rights.
Please note: We do not provide patent or trade mark application services, but can refer you to trusted specialists if required.
Our Approach
Intellectual property matters require a careful balance of legal insight, commercial awareness, and strategic foresight. At Portree, we work closely with clients to identify what is valuable, confidential, or unique within their business, and to develop practical strategies for protecting those assets. Our advice is always grounded in a clear understanding of your commercial objectives and risk profile.
Our Intellectual Property Advisory Services
We specialise in advisory and contract drafting services, including:
- IP protection strategies: Advice on the most effective mechanisms to protect your intellectual property, including copyright, confidential information, trade secrets, and design rights.
- Ownership and licensing: Guidance on structuring ownership of IP in collaborations, research projects, and commercial arrangements, and drafting agreements to clearly define rights and responsibilities.
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements: Preparation and review of agreements to safeguard sensitive information and trade secrets.
- Commercialisation and exploitation: Advice on licensing, assignment, and commercialisation of IP assets, ensuring your interests are protected in negotiations and contracts.
- IP clauses in commercial contracts: Drafting and reviewing IP provisions in a wide range of commercial agreements, including service, supply, consultancy, and research contracts.
- Risk management: Identifying and managing IP risks in business transactions and collaborations.
Contact Us
To discuss how we can support your intellectual property needs, please contact us for a confidential, obligation-free conversation.