Intellectual Property Law
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OVERVIEW
CYS Legal boasts an experienced team proficient in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights. We excel in servicing and managing our clients’ intellectual property assets, from creation and valuation to protection and utilization for a competitive edge. The team understands how intellectual property (“IP”) assets can best be created; value thereto determined and rights therein protected; and used/ acquired/supplemented to produce a competitive advantage. Our team offers valuable counsel and support in due diligence, IP acquisition, agreements, and partnerships, facilitating IP transfer, sharing, and development.
The team provides services to companies spanning various sectors and industries and encompass a wide spectrum of topics related to both registered and unregistered intellectual property rights. This includes expertise in areas such as trademark, copyright, designs, domain name registration, patents, licensing, technology transfer matters, as well as the management of intellectual property portfolios.
The team advises and assists clients on following key issues:
- Protection and prosecution of IP rights (including patents, trademarks, design rights, copyrights, geographical indications, domain names, proprietary knowhow and business processes);
- IP prosecution;
- Opposition of trademarks, settlement of trademark infringement disputes;
- Advice on protection, licensing and transfer of trademarks including convention applications;
- IP due-diligence, audits and valuation;
- IP acquisition, transfer and related agreements;
- Drafting and negotiating various IP agreements including license agreements, assignment deeds, IP development agreements, work for hire agreements etc.
- Representing before various authorities, courts and forums on issues relating to registration and protection of IP rights;
- Domain name registrations and maintenance.
Trademark
The firm has a robust trademark practice and undertakes all assignments including registration of trademark, service marks, trade name searches, drafting and representing clients at hearings. The team possesses experience in representing clients in all types of trademark disputes including domain names, infringement, etc.
Geographical Indication (GIs)
The firm offers services in geographical indications which include due diligence, challenging unregistered GIs, protection of certification marks, assisting in registration of GIs, renewal of GI etc. The team undertakes drafting of agreements, applications and related documents. The team also represents clients in dispute resolution, infringement proceedings across courts and tribunals.
Design
The Firm offers services in design registration and protection to its clients. The team has expertise in handling all aspects in Design law which include filing design applications, renewal of designs, design searches, tracking, protection and opposing infringement of design.
Copyright
The firm offers legal services to all stakeholders in the artistic and creative realm in matters pertaining to copyright. The gamut of services include copyright registration, copyright prosecution, contracts & agreements, licensing, negotiation, due diligence, compliances, dispute resolution and enforcement. The firm’s clients include artists, authors, IT companies, media houses, production units etc.