Intellectual Property Rights

At Berngaard, our lawyers have extensive experience advising on intellectual property rights (IPR) – with backgrounds spanning private practice, in-house counsel roles and litigation. We assist a wide range of clients, from start-ups to large corporations.

We help businesses identify and map their rights, ensure those rights are properly protected, and establish clear rules for ownership and use. Our goal is to enable businesses to manage their intellectual property in a way that strengthens their position – both against competitors and in dealings with business partners.

Intellectual property law covers a broad range of legal areas, including copyright, patent, trademark and design law, as well as rules on trade secrets. We advise on licensing agreements, R&D agreements, cooperation agreements and confidentiality agreements, as well as IPR strategy and trademark and design registration. We also have extensive experience with enforcement and dispute resolution – whether involving infringement of trademark, design or patent rights, violations of copyright, or misuse of trade secrets.

We assist with:

• Licensing, R&D, cooperation and confidentiality agreements

• IPR strategy and portfolio management

• Trademark and design registration

• Enforcement of intellectual property rights

• IPR in transactions and due diligence

• Ownership of IPR in employment and contractor relationships

• Dispute resolution and litigation