Commercial IP & Contracts

Maximising the value of your intellectual property

Your intellectual property is the most valuable of assets. We can help you maximise its value.

We advise on contracts and transactions concerning the development and commercialisation of intellectual property across a range of industry sectors. We apply our technical understanding, legal knowledge and broad experience relating to the protection and enforcement of IP rights to assist you in commercialising your IP assets. We’ll work with you to ensure that we understand your commercial needs and to fulfil your strategic aims.

Legal and technical expertise

Many of our IP lawyers have science or engineering degrees and actively participate in industry groups relevant to their sector focus. This combination of technical expertise, sector awareness and deep understanding of IP rights means that our lawyers are well placed to provide commercially focused and cost effective advice. Where appropriate, we work closely with our patent and trade mark attorney colleagues. It’s the combination of legal and technical expertise that’s so powerful when you want support in commercialising your IP assets. It means we can provide you with an integrated service covering all matters relating to your IP.

Specialists

for the result you need

Jonathan Colombo

Partner Canadian Trademark Agent, Barrister and Solicitor

Jonathan Colombo is the Managing Partner of Marks & Clerk Canada, and Head of the firm’s Trademarks practice group.

Catherine Lovrics

Partner Canadian Trademark Agent, Barrister and Solicitor

Catherine (Cat) Lovrics is a Partner at Marks & Clerk Canada, Head of the firm’s Copyright and Digital Groups, and a senior member of the Trademarks Group.

Gerald Samuel

Director Advocate and Solicitor (MY) at Messrs Gerald Samuel, Advocate and Solicitor (SG) at Messrs Eldan Law

In 2015, Gerald Samuel set up a law firm in Malaysia, Messrs Gerald Samuel, that handles all aspects of IP litigation and transactional work.

Michael Moore

Partner Solicitor (UK)

Michael advises clients on the commercialisation, monetisation and enforcement of intellectual property assets. He advises across a broad range of sectors including electronics, life sciences, transport and energy and has a strong interest in emerging technologies including AI and Additive Manufacturing.

Simon Portman

Of Counsel Solicitor (UK)

Simon specialises as a commercial contract lawyer for technology companies. He advises on a wide range of contracts, including licenses, R&D collaborations, manufacturing agreements and procurement documentation.

Strategic approach

Your commercial needs and strategic aims are at the heart of any decisions about your intellectual property, whether they relate to acquisition or licensing. IAM Patent 1000 describes Marks & Clerk as having “a laser like focus on the client’s commercial objectives”. Whatever stage of the business cycle you’re in, we’ll work strategically to create the best value out of your IP, helping you generate revenue and increase the value of your business.

Clients

We apply our expertise across a wide range of industry sectors and work with some of the most innovative global leaders, as well as start-ups and universities.

Services

Our experience in providing strategic advice and commercial support to facilitate and enable the creation, development and exploitation of IP rights, includes:

IP due diligence and related transactions
licensing and assignment of IP rights
collaborations and joint ventures
product and service commercialisation, from R&D through to sale
monetisation of IP rights
commercial agreements for avoiding or resolving a dispute
standard terms and conditions
IT agreements
Open Source software due diligence and licence review.

Latest Insights

News

- 07 October 2021

M&C course: Avoiding Pitfalls in Patent/KnowHow Licences and R&D Collaborations

Marks & Clerk has a long history of providing outstanding training, and we are looking forward to continuing this tradition later this month through our collaboration with The Management Forum.

Insight

- 22 September 2021

M&C Reacts: UK Intellectual Property Office launches new IP grant funding scheme

We are delighted to share the news with clients and contacts that the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched its IP Access scheme providing SMEs with up to £5,000 (including VAT) to help protect and commercialise their IP. The scheme is part of a new government initiative to support post-pandemic recovery.