Practice Areas
Intellectual Property
The commercial value of intellectual property rights (IPR)- patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, branding, know-how, and knowledge in general – is increasing worldwide. Tremendous sums are spent on research and development (R&D), branding, and marketing. Often, it is the IPR that forms the very base on which a business is built. The protection and optimal use of the IPR is therefore crucial for many businesses, and dealing with the IPR correctly is important for most mergers, demergers, acquisitions, reconstructions, and other business transactions.
NORDIA helps the owners of the IPR to obtain the necessary protection both during the R&D phase and when the right is ready for use. NORDIA also assists in enforcing and defending the protected right, and in the utilisation of the right, for example, through license, production, joint venture, and/or sales agreements, or in any other way. NORDIA assists users of IPR in the proper acquisition of the required right through purchase, licensing, and so on.
NORDIA’s assistance includes
- Trademarks, brand names, and domain names
- Copyrights and designs
- Patents
- Trade secrets and know–how
- Pharmaceuticals
- Piracy and plagiarised products (counterfeits)
- R&D agreements
- License, production, joint venture, and sales agreements
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Registration and administration of intellectual property rights
- Intellectual property right disputes, including injunction, securing of evidence, and litigation before all relevant courts and tribunals