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Introduction
Protecting, and exploiting Intellectual Property (IP) is increasingly vital to good business strategy and the issues of intellectual property protection are relevant in almost any company. They inevitably arise when implementing software, maintaining databases, creating, and promoting Internet resources, or, for example, in advertising.
The issues of legal protection of developments are particularly acute in IT companies, consumer brands, high-tech and medical projects. Our experience in the full spectrum of Intellectual Property rights including brands, trademarks, copyright, industrial designs and patents allows us to advise clients on IP licensing and clearance, acquisition and due diligence, prosecution, exploitation, enforcement and also on compliance with the legislation on personal data.
Our expertise includes advising on:
- IP investigation and searching
- IP renewals and maintenance
- IP acquisitions and due diligence
- IP licensing and commercial contracts
- IP advice relating to economic substance
- Research, development and exploitation agreements including co-ownership arrangements and R&D agreements and royalties
- Issues arising in M&A, disposals and joint ventures including IP due diligence, transfers and licensing
News and Insights
Intellectual Property in the Cayman Islands and the BVI
The protection of intellectual property (IP) rights in the Cayman Islands and in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) depends on the type of IP right (e.g. trademarks, patents and designs). The Cayman Islands and the BVI are British Overseas Territories and so the nature of IP protection in…
Financial Technology Intellectual Property (FinTech IP) Welcome in the Cayman Islands.
Recent years have seen an unprecedented rise of the FinTech industry, i.e. financial technology businesses. According to the World Fintech Report 2017 , more than half of financial services users worldwide do business with at least one non-traditional service provider, while traditional financial services firms are desperately trying…
Incorporate Your Idea. How to Develop Your Intellectual Property in the Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands have taken significant steps in recent years to update and modernize the legal framework with respect to protection of intellectual property (IP). Traditionally, the Cayman Islands patents and trademarks registry only served to extend rights which had previously been registered in the U.K. or the…
The New Cayman Islands Trademarks Regime
In the third issue of our series of legal insights on owning intellectual property (IP) through a Cayman Islands corporate structure, we discussed the new Cayman Islands Trade Marks Law published on 19th December 2016, pursuant to which a stand-alone comprehensive trademark protection regime was created in the…
