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Trademarks & Designs
Protection of your trademark or design in this ever-evolving world leads to certainty.
Trademarks and designs are one of the most efficient tools to communicate and utilise the brand or design in the market or virtual world.
They are valuable assets that, over time, can appreciate.
If maintained, exclusive rights to a trademark last forever, providing limitless opportunities and horizons for your business. Meanwhile, design in its 25 years of life can highlight your product amongst others with an eye-catching appearance.
Benefits
Industry pioneers
In thirty years we have mastered the full spectrum of trademark and design protection, from standard filings to complex enforcement matters for our clients with different backgrounds. Our efforts have resulted in winning landmark cases and significant case law.
This gives us a unique experience and opportunity to take the lead in offering you complex and personalised solutions in IP protection.
Individual approach & clear strategy
We tailor an individual approach adjusted to every client’s needs and possibilities. Addressing an explicit trademark and design strategy helps protect your brand or product, maintain a sustainable market position and provide multiple competitive advantages.
Global reach
Having relations with agents worldwide, we can address a common trademark and design protection strategy in any country of your interest. In addition, constant learning of global trends and trademark and design protection challenges keeps us vigilant of the issues to be tackled.
Services we provide
Services we provide
Trademark and design searches
We highly recommend performing trademark and design searches before trademarks or designs are applied for registration or used in the market. Practising prior rights search helps to lay out prospects for successful registration and avoid future disputes. In addition, by conducting searches, we can help you to advance protection of brands or and exclusivity before launching it.
Trademark and design filings
We draft, file and prosecute trademark and design applications at a national level, EU and internationally.
We also provide solutions on filing strategy.
Managing IP portfolio
We can assist you with managing any range of IP portfolios, maintaining registrations, and recording any licences, assignments, or other records.
Trademark and design enforcement
An effective enforcement approach ensures the brand’s or design’s long-term sustainability and strength.
We help you with an effective trademark or design protection strategy and enforcement actions.
We draft cease and desist letters, lead settlement negotiations, perform investigations, file oppositions and court claims and represent your rights and interests before patent offices and courts.
IP commercialisation contracts
Legal protection of trademarks and designs undeniably builds prospects for their commercialisation.
Franchising and licensing agreements to form new partnerships, expand business revenue streams and support the growth of your business.
Our experienced team can help you draft such contracts and define essential terms & conditions, including ownership rights, safeguards, pricing, scope, indemnities, and warranties.
Due diligence and valuation of IP portfolio
Due diligence and valuation of IP portfolios are crucial for successfully managing of internal IP objects and external transactions.
IP due diligence creates added value to your business by reducing IP management costs, promoting licensing, defining identifying risks and necessary anti-infringement actions. In addition, results of IP due diligence play a vital role in business acquisition issues or mergers.
Whereas IP valuation can help businesses determine the monetary value of an exclusive and lucrative IP asset.
IP valuation can be helpful in the decision-making process when you want to secure financing, enhance value, attract partners, settle disputes or sell or license the IP asset.
Our attorneys can help you understand the costs and benefits of pursuing IP protection for your current or potential IP assets.
Related updates
Related updates
2022 - 08 - 25
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Who’s Who Legal nominates Gatis Meržvinskis as one of the top trademark specialists in Latvia
Who’s Who Legal this year has highlighted the most outstanding lawyers on the spectrum of trademark-related issues.
2022 - 06 - 27
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IP Stars ranks PETERSONA PATENTS – AAA LAW and managing partner Gatis Meržvinskis in Tier 1 in the IP Stars Edition 2022
2021 - 12 - 10
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Landmark case on rights to take legal action to disclaim elements of a trademark
2021 - 10 - 25
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Managing partner Gatis Meržvinskis named as one of the global leaders in private practice in Latvia
2022 - 10 - 25
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IP Stars ranks PETERSONA PATENTS – AAA LAW in Tier 1 in the IP Stars Edition 2022
2022 - 11 - 15
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