IP Strategy

Clients developing their own Intellectual Property (IP) all have a common goal of protecting the fruit of their investment and creativity. However, the nature geographical extent and timing with which the relevant applications for such protection are best filed can vary greatly for different applicants due to factors such as technical field, product lifetime and financial and market constraints.

 At W.P. Thompson & Co. we take pride in forming a close relationship with our clients with a view to understanding their technical and business needs and how such needs might best be served by the various forms of IP protection that are available. Our assistance and advice is all provided with a realisation of the relevant commercial constraints that might exist. From reacting quickly to prepare and file urgently required patent, design or trade mark applications, to maintaining longstanding involvement from inception to completion of a particular product/technology, our Attorneys offer a flexible and proactive approach to maintain relationships that ensure our clients remain fully appraised of the relevant possibilities for protecting their intellectual investments in a manner most suitable to product, market, budgetary conditions etc. Our wealth of experience in forming appropriate strategies for clients extends well beyond the preparation and filing of relevant applications and covers also enforcement and licensing strategies to assist clients in seeking to maximise the leverage/return sought from their intellectual investments and resulting IP.