Here are the members of IP Yorkshire and their expertise:
Profession | Expertise | Name |
Barrister | Advice on difficult points of intellectual property, technology, media and competition law, drafting complex commercial documents and advocacy before the IP Office courts, arbitrators and mediators on the legal protection of brands, design, technology and creative works | |
Patent Attorneys | Applications for patents for inventions, registered design and registered trade marks, challenges to other peoples’ registrations and representation before IP Office hearing officers and EPO and OHIM boards of appeal and general advice on intellectual property | Steve Gilholm |
Trade Mark Attorneys | Applications for registered trade marks and designs, challenges to other peoples’ registrations ,representation before IP hearing officers and OHIM boards of appeal and general advice on trade marks, registered designs and other areas of intellectual property | |
Solicitors specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology Law | Advice and representation on infringement, invalidity and revocation proceedings before the courts, arbitrators and mediators, advice and negotiation of joint venture, licensing, outsourcing and other transactions and general legal advice. | |
- Solicitors specializing in Company and Commercial Law | Formation of companies, partnerships, shareholders agreement, investment arrangements including EIS | Jane Sachedina |
- Solicitors specializing in Commercial Litigation | Commercial litigation, insolvency, shareholder and partnership disputes | Neil Lieberman |
- Solicitors specializing in Employment Law | All aspects of employment law including contracts of employment, employment policies, disciplinary and redundancy procedures and employment tribunal. | |
Product Design and Development | Concept generation, and development for product, graphic and packaging design, computer aided design, reverse engineering and value engineering. Rapid prototyping and tooling. | |
Chemicals | Innovation in engineering materials. Licensing, technology transfer and technical support. | |
China | Advice on joint ventures, manufacturing , licensing in and out of China | |
Marketing | Marketing strategy, sales campaigns, website development, market research and customer services | |
Business Start-ups | Networking & introductions, business planning, financial planning, marketing & PR, administration & sales set up. | Jane Townsend |
Accommodation and Virtual Office | Business and conference centre with 20 serviced offices, a busy business hub, national virtual office services and 3 conference spaces. Simple, low cost business infrastructure services allowing our customers to get on with their core business activities. |