
Trademarks

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Conducting availability and clearance searches and advising on selection of trademarks and their use and registrability risks
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Advice on filing strategies, preparing, filing and prosecuting trademark applications
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Monitoring of trademark bulletins
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Handling recordal of assignments, mergers and changes in business type, name or address of right holders
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Handling maintenance and renewals
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Handling oppositions, appeals, responses to oppositions and office actions
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Conducting settlement negotiations, co-existence agreements and letters of consent
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Negotiating and drafting licence and assignment agreements
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Invalidation and cancellation actions and applications for the revocation of trademarks based on non-use
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Infringement and unfair competition actions, compensation actions and ex-parte preliminary injunction requests
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Filing criminal complaints and conducting raids and seizures
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Customs recordals and IP enforcement before customs