IP Strategies International

About

As patent and trade mark attorneys: We advise on the patenting of inventions; we research whether your invention is new and patentable, or whether it would infringe the rights of others. We have a network of patent professionals worldwide to advise on circumstances in their respective countries.

Similarly for trade marks and registered designs, whether for the textile industry, industrial product designers, brand managers, we advise from a legal perspective, whether you should be choosing or using a particular logo, trade mark, business description or style of get up. We see our job as keeping you away from trouble, if possible. Unfortunately, we have clients who have come to us when it was too late!

As intellectual asset managers, we document and assess your intellectual property portfolio. We can identify those items that are (or could be) assets and those that will just be expenses. We take over the administrative paperwork and provide you with regular reports and updates. The sky is the limit. You can be as hands on or hands off as you want.

As business planning strategists, we can assist you to research the intellectual property situation in a particular field of business or technology. So if you are thinking of expanding your product range, we can identify potential obstacles or green field areas to expand into. We can look at what you do and come up with ideas for alternative uses for your products, or your byproducts.

Our principal, Kevin Ashby, has worked internationally in industries as diverse as oil and gas, petrochemicals, nuclear fuels, atomic energy, pet food and nutrition, coffee, chocolate, diamonds - gems, cutting tools and mining - coal mining and bulk water transport.