Intellectual property is often among the most valuable assets of a business, encompassing its brands, inventions, creative works, designs and proprietary knowledge. Protecting these assets requires more than registration. Businesses must also consider ownership, licensing, commercial use, enforcement and the risks of infringement. At Fortune Legal, we advise businesses, entrepreneurs, creators and other rights holders on the protection, commercialisation and enforcement of intellectual property.

Our Intellectual Property Practice covers both transactional and contentious IP matters across trademarks, copyrights, patents, designs and related rights. We assist clients in developing appropriate protection strategies, documenting ownership and licensing arrangements, conducting due diligence and taking action where intellectual property rights are challenged or infringed.

Our Services Include:

• Trademark selection, clearance and registration
• Trademark opposition, objection and cancellation matters
• Copyright registration and protection
• Patent-related advisory and prosecution support
• Design registration and protection
• Intellectual property due diligence
• IP ownership and assignment arrangements
• Licensing and technology transfer agreements
• Franchising and brand licensing arrangements
• Confidentiality and protection of proprietary information
• Intellectual property provisions in commercial contracts
• IP infringement disputes and enforcement
• Passing off and trademark infringement proceedings
• Online infringement and unauthorised use of intellectual property
• Advisory on IP-related commercial transactions

Our Expertise

Fortune Legal combines intellectual property advice with its broader corporate and commercial practice, enabling clients to consider IP protection alongside the way their assets are developed, licensed, transferred and commercially exploited. We assist with both preventive measures and enforcement when disputes arise.

Our contractual and dispute resolution experience is particularly relevant to matters involving licensing, assignments, technology arrangements, brand use and ownership disputes, allowing us to address intellectual property issues from both a rights-protection and commercial perspective.