In each case, we aim to look after clients' interests by engaging on their behalf the right professional firms at a cost appropriate for the job. Often they can be monopolised by means of patents, but by no means always. This is the service we aim to provide. These rights relate to form and appearance rather than to technical principles of construction. Our lawyers handle applications for those which are registrable and advise on unregistrable rights which arise automatically.
Good litigators make court, arbitration and mediation procedures work for their clients.
They must be tenacious, flexible, able to negotiate realistically and with sensitivity to the underlying commercial issues. Good litigators are lateral thinkers with strong technical abilities. Where heavy cases require it, they work in teams but usually they know how to avoid the expense of the multi-lawyer approach. The ability to take a realistic view of rights and obligations arising from the communication of information is a product of experience. The demands of fierce competition in the marketplace put pressure on companies and individuals not only to perform but to succeed.