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Intellectual property
Our intellectual property legal experts work to protect your valuable company information.
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Your intellectual property is a vital business asset - we'll help you develop and protect it
Protecting, enforcing and commercialising your intellectual property rights
Intellectual Property (IP) law is complex, and your trademarks, patents and copyright (among others) are all valuable assets. We can help you navigate the different forms of IP, identifying assets, their value, and the risks and opportunities associated with them.
Facing IP challenges with our intellectual property specialists
If your business is dealing with an IP challenge or dispute, Tees will be by your side to help you prevent, address or mitigate risks. Where needed, we can initiate proceedings to enforce your rights through the relevant body – whether that’s the UKIPO, EUIPO or the courts. We’ve supported clients across a range of sectors, from multinational software companies to regional logistics firms.
"There is a depth of knowledge in the team, with a variety of specialist practitioners." Legal 500 2027
Clear, practical advice tailored to your business
We get to know our clients, their businesses and their needs and objectives. Our advice will be clear and easy to follow, covering all IP legal services, such as helping with IP strategy, audits, licensing and dealing with disputes, and helping to protect and manage your portfolio of IP rights.
Our expertise
Our intellectual property solicitors can support and advise you on a range of issues including:
- Trademarks in the UK, EU and globally: strategy advice, clearance searches, applications, portfolio management, disputes (including registry), enforcement and commercialisation.
- Registered designs: strategy advice, applications, portfolio management, disputes (including registry), enforcement and commercialisation.
- Copyright: advice, disputes, enforcement and commercialisation.
- Domain names: portfolio management, disputes and enforcement (including DRS and UDRP).
- Patents: working with our trusted external specialists on registrability, filing strategies, applications and commercialisation.
- Database rights: advice, disputes, enforcement and commercialisation.
- Legal advice on the intersection of AI and intellectual property
Legal and financial advice under one roof
Tees is a top-tier Legal 500 firm offering joined-up legal and financial services. We have our own independent financial advisers (IFAs), who work closely with our lawyers.
Our advisers provide holistic financial planning, and as we are not connected to any one provider, we can offer a whole-of-market approach for the range of products we can advise on. We can also give independent advice for a whole range of insurance products to protect you and your family. Our IFAs are regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, which means we’re accountable for the advice we give.
Get in touch today, we’re here to help
Our intellectual property solicitors provide clear, practical advice to help you protect, manage and maximise the value of your intellectual property. Get in touch to discuss how we can safeguard your business interests and support your commercial goals.
We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.
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“Client communication is excellent. Over a period of time, we have built good relationships with the personnel in the firm who have a good grasp of our business and its needs. Calls are always returned quickly, and discussions are kept concise and to the point. There is an understanding that we want to keep opinions commercial and ‘on message’. We feel that the team has grown with us.”
Legal 500 2027
Corporate and commercial
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“The team at Tees is fantastic: knowledgeable, technically skilled, commercially astute, and always goes the extra mile for their clients. They know how to prepare a case and provide commercial and legal advice that is exceptional.”
Legal 500 2027
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“The standout partners for us are Lucy Folley, who handles the bulk of our commercial business, and Robert Whitaker, who efficiently handles employer-side HR legal problems with commercial wisdom.”
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