OUR SERVICE:

• advise a range of individuals and businesses with creative ideas, products, designs and brands they need to protect and develop
• track record with budding artists as well as large global media organisations such as CNN, The Times and The Wall Street Journal
• sector specialists
• high profile partner team regarded, independently, as leaders in their field by the legal directories
• partner led team with significant experience in niche areas

RECENT EXPERIENCE ADVISING:

• Global Witness Limited on their Human Rights case
• Simon Carter Accessories Ltd on a number of new licences including a franchise agreement with Moss Bros to open Simon Carter stores
• Monsoon in numerous copyright, design right, and criminal enforcement cases against other high street stores including Primark, New Look and ASDA
• Express Newspapers Ltd in litigation by Animated Expressions Limited of alleged breach of various agreements
• Base London Ltd on licensing, brand promotion and agency agreements
• CNN on the format right situation in relation to a major new television series.
• Amnesty International in relation to their “Make some Noise” campaign featuring music by John Lennon.
• CNN on the differences between the US and UK copyright defences of fair use and fair dealing
• Pizza Hut on data protection issues in relation to the collection and processing of customer data  
• The Tetris Company LLC in pursuing various infringers of IP rights of the seminal computer game "Tetris"
• The Arts Council for England in our role as the organisations sole IP lawyers
• The Jewish Museum in the preparation of a policy document on dealing with third party and museum intellectual property 
• Music Sales Ltd, one of the largest independent music publishing rights owners, in relation to alleged infringement of copyright in a substantial number of exclusively licensed musical compositions and lyrics
• National Geographic on many programming and copyright related matters