Trademarks
We provide legal services across the trademark lifecycle, beginning with registrability assessments, searches and analysis, defining the appropriate scope of protection and relevant classes, followed by preparing and filing trademark applications and managing examination and publication procedures, as well as appeals and oppositions where required. Our services also extend to post-registration matters, including renewals, assignments, licensing, pledges, amendments and cancellations, together with trademark disputes, infringement matters and enforcement of rights
Patents
We provide legal services relating to patents, beginning with assessing the invention, conducting prior-art searches and evaluating novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability, followed by drafting patent applications, specifications and claims, preparing filing requirements, managing examination procedures, responding to examination reports and making permitted amendments, through to grant and the subsequent management of patent rights and related procedures
Industrial Designs
We provide legal services relating to industrial designs, beginning with assessing protectability and novelty, identifying the aesthetic features that may qualify for protection and distinguishing them from functional or technical features, and conducting searches for prior designs where appropriate. Our services include preparing the required representations and application materials, filing and managing the registration process, as well as managing rights, related legal transactions and disputes concerning industrial designs
Copyright and Digital Works
We provide legal services relating to copyright and digital works, including assessing the work, the scope of protection and ownership of rights, documenting and registering works eligible for registration, including software, computer applications, written works and artistic works. We also draft and review licensing, assignment and exploitation agreements, manage legal transactions involving copyrighted works, and advise on infringement, disputes and enforcement of rights
Intellectual Property Disputes and Enforcement
We provide legal services in intellectual property disputes and enforcement, beginning with assessing alleged infringement, the legal position and available evidence, followed by legal notices, correspondence, complaints and relevant administrative and judicial proceedings. We represent clients before the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property, committees, courts and other competent authorities, and follow through on decisions, judgments and subsequent procedures relating to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
Management of Intellectual Property Rights and Legal Transactions
We provide legal services relating to the management of intellectual property rights and transactions involving those rights, including, depending on the nature of the right, transfers of ownership, assignments, licensing, pledges, registration of transactions and amendments affecting the rights, as well as drafting and reviewing related agreements, helping individuals and businesses organise and commercialise their intellectual property while maintaining a sound legal position in relation to those rights
