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Financier Worldwide presents its Intellectual Property: Corporate Advisor Handbook 2016. This comprehensive publication contains detailed profiles of leading experts in the field of corporate finance from around the world. Comprising lawyers and consultants, this group of experts is capable of resolving IP related disputes as well as helping companies to maximise the value of their IP. In terms of IP-related disputes, their skills include patent and trademark prosecution and licensing, protecting and enforcing IP rights around the world, conducting complex patent litigation, and resolving disputes outside of court.

INTRODUCTION

In an often complex, dynamic and uncertain business environment, intellectual property (IP) is among the most important assets an organisation has at its disposal. These intangible assets are now universally recognised as an important resource, the absence of which would leave many companies bereft of anything to sell or licence – a death knell for any innovative venture. Furthermore, in a contemporary world comprising a multitude of knowledge-intensive markets, ranging from the smallest of SMEs to the world’s largest and most powerful conglomerates, adopting a strategy which allows for the fullest utilisation of intellectual property assets – including copyright, patents, trademarks, trade dress (the visual characteristics of a product), designs and knowhow – is of paramount concern to a business and the route to financial success. Adopting an effective IP strategy is a key means of achieving this, and must go hand in hand with a company’s overarching business strategy. This will, in the best case scenario, lead to an increase in a company’s value, allow risks to be assessed, reduce liabilities, improve competitive position and increase shareholder returns.

COUNTRY CHAPTERS

Canada

China

France

Germany

Italy

Japan

Kenya

Luxembourg

Mexico

New Zealand

Norway

Romania

Russian Federation

Spain

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

PROFILED FIRMS

Advokatfirma Ræder

Advokatfirmaet Føyen Torkildsen AS

AJ Park

ALRUD

Amat & Vidal-Quadras

Avidity IP

BA-HR

Bankside Chambers

Bennett Jones LLP

Benoît & Côté Inc.

Bird & Bird

Bonn & Schmitt

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Buddle Findlay

Cabinet Beau de Loménie

CABINET M. OPROIU

CFL Advocates

Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, S.C.

Dimock Stratton LLP

Edwin Coe LLP

Ellis Terry

Eversheds Nicea Abogados

FisherBroyles, LLP

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

Flaster/Greenberg

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Gibney, Anthony, & Flaherty, LLP

Gichachi & Company Advocates

GÖRG

Grischenko & Partners

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Jones Day

Kaplan Breyer Schwarz & Ottesen, LLP

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP

Keystone Law

Kilburn & Strode LLP

Locke Lord LLP

McMillan LLP

Minter Ellison Rudd Watts

Mondini Rusconi

Müggenburg, Gorches y Peñalosa S.C.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

NautaDutilh N.V.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Panamericana de Patentes y Marcas, S.C. (PPM)

Polsinelli PC

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.C.

Salvador Ferrandis & Partners

SPITZWEG Partnership

Squire Patton Boggs

Stratagem IPM

Sughrue Mion PLLC

Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

Trevisan & Cuonzo

VTF Abogados