Richard Penfold
Partner | London
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In a competitive global market, identifying and protecting your intellectual property rights can be the key to success. With experience across a range of sectors, from science and technology to fashion, our lawyers grasp your context and what sets you apart.
Whether you are a rapidly expanding technology business, a luxury fashion brand, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer or a talented individual in the world of sports, art or entertainment, you cannot afford to neglect your intellectual property rights – which is where our IP lawyers can help.
In today's highly competitive global market, identifying these rights and controlling their exploitation and protection can be the difference between success and failure. Our intellectual property attorneys advise on every stage of the development and life cycle of rights such as patents, copyright, trademarks and database and design rights – from creation to enforcement.Whether you need to devise a suitable protection strategy on your expanding IP portfolio or need to resolve a multi-jurisdictional dispute, we can help. Our intellectual property solicitors work with many major luxury brands such as Renault F1, Soho House, Cowshed, Valentino and Vivienne Westwood, but also businesses that are just starting out. We advise charities, artists and galleries, tech companies, high-profile individuals and families looking to protect their brand and IP assets.
We have extensive experience of dealing with IP as part of a wider commercial transaction and arranging tax-efficient licensing and exploitation as a stand-alone service. And we regularly advise on IP rights in relation to the estates of well-known individuals and creative people.
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