Intellectual property and commercial legal advisory
Support across the IP lifecycle—from strategy and filing to commercialisation and enforcement—together with related corporate and commercial legal work.
Trademark protection & portfolio management
Advice on selection, clearance, filing, prosecution, opposition, renewal and enforcement of trademarks, together with international filing coordination.
- Availability searches & filing strategy
- Applications & prosecution
- Examination responses
- Oppositions & rectification matters
- Renewals & portfolio administration
- Madrid and national filing coordination
- Assignments, licences & recordals
- Brand enforcement strategy
Patent strategy, drafting & international filing coordination
Patent support for inventions and technology-led businesses, with domestic filing work and international strategy coordinated according to the relevant filing route.
- Patentability and filing strategy
- Specification and claims support
- Prosecution & examination support
- PCT strategy
- National-phase coordination
- Patent portfolio review
- Assignments & licensing support
- Technology-related agreements
Protection for creative works and product appearance
Copyright and industrial design advice for software, content, artwork, product appearance and other protectable subject matter. Industrial design work focuses on visual and aesthetic features rather than technical functionality.
- Copyright registration support
- Ownership & assignment documentation
- Software and content licensing
- Industrial design filings
- Design portfolio strategy
- Design infringement issues
Strategic IP enforcement and dispute support
Advice and representation support for infringement, passing off, counterfeiting, oppositions and related disputes, with strategy adapted to the forum and commercial objective.
- Cease-and-desist strategy
- Trademark and copyright disputes
- Passing off matters
- Counterfeit and infringement response
- Opposition proceedings
- Settlement and commercial resolution
Contracts and legal infrastructure around the IP
Commercial agreements and corporate legal support for businesses whose transactions, partnerships and expansion depend on clear ownership, confidentiality and contractual allocation of risk.
- NDAs & confidentiality agreements
- Licensing & technology agreements
- Distribution & commercial contracts
- Employment / contractor IP clauses
- Corporate advisory and documentation
- Cross-border transaction coordination
Jurisdiction-specific advice where it belongs
For international matters, the applicable procedure and local-law advice may require independent counsel or local agents. SHAURNIT can coordinate those instructions so that the overall portfolio and commercial strategy remain connected.
International capabilities →