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Intellectual property and information technology

The ability to exploit intellectual assets and manage information is key to success in today’s business environment. We help our clients get the most out of their intellectual property (IP) assets and information technology (IT) arrangements. With access to IP and technology lawyers in over 60 countries within the PricewaterhouseCoopers network, we can assemble a team of real experts almost anywhere in the world.

We support our clients through all stages of the IP cycle, from conception through exploitation to disposal. As well as core IP advisory and dispute services, we can meet the most complex IP challenges presented by transactions, internal restructuring for tax or operational efficiencies or any major business change. We work with IP experts in PricewaterhouseCoopers who specialise in corporate finance, valuation, tax and transfer pricing, licensing management and royalty audits. This enables us to help our clients with demanding IP challenges such as bringing new technologies to market or developing innovative IP structures.

In the IT field, our broad technology, intellectual property and commercial expertise gives us a powerful knowledge base to help our clients with development and procurement, licensing, outsourcing, software disputes, contract re‑negotiations and exit strategies. Working together with IT specialists from PricewaterhouseCoopers, we can draw on all the legal, technical, commercial and operational expertise needed to deliver security, software package selection, IT effectiveness and sourcing projects.

Our services

Intellectual property

  • Protection advice including developing IP protection strategies
  • Support for licensing and other exploitation models including franchising, merchandising and technology transfer
  • Enforcement, including litigation and anti-counterfeiting actions
  • Strategic management of IP portfolios
  • IP legal audits, due diligence and risks reviews
  • IP restructuring and migration

Information technology

  • Software development
  • Procurement advice
  • Licensing
  • IT outsourcing
  • B2B and B2C agreements
  • Contract disputes and renegotiations
  • Data protection and data security

Related areas

Contact details
Email: Latika Sharma
Tel: +44 (0)20 7212 1574

Email: Denis Potemkin
Tel: +44 (0)20 7212 1597

Contacts

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+44 (0)20 7212 1616

Krista Hind
+44 (0)20 7804 2929