Waterfront’s IP team is made up of specialist solicitors with extensive experience across the full spectrum of intellectual property law. We help clients protect, manage, exploit, enforce, and defend their IP rights with strategic, commercially focused advice that reflects the realities of their business.
Our service is partner-led from start to finish. Senior lawyers are actively involved throughout your matter, ensuring you benefit from the highest level of expertise and continuity. We work with start-ups, SMEs, global companies, and individual creators across a wide range of industries, including fashion, technology, entertainment, construction, sportswear and financial services.
We are particularly known for our IP dispute resolution and litigation work. We are active in both the High Court and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) and use Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) techniques to assist our clients resolve their disputes without having to take cases all the way to trials.
We tailor our approach to suit the scale and complexity of each matter. Our efficient billing models and use of senior solicitors as advocates help control costs, particularly in IPEC proceedings where cost-capping applies.
Recognised and highly commended in the leading directories, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, our IP lawyers are known for their pragmatic advice, strong advocacy, and personable approach. We’re committed to delivering excellent service while making sure our clients feel supported and understood.
If you need IP lawyers who combine legal excellence with commercial insight, we’d love to be part of your team.
We work with you to set up brand monitoring systems to ensure both you and your brand stay protected.
We help you identify, secure, license, and enforce your copyrights and database rights with clear ownership and effective protection.
For many businesses, design rights will form a large part of their IP portfolio. Waterfront is second-to-none when it comes to guiding clients through this tricky area of law.
We are recognised by brand owners and domain name traders alike as experts in the field of domain name law.
We have years of experience helping clients protect, manage, exploit, enforce and defend their intellectual property rights
Our specialist confidential information lawyers and trade secrets lawyers can guide their clients through these complex laws and add value at every turn.
Our particular strength is patent litigation. Our IP litigation team have acted on a wide range of patent litigation disputes across a number of industry sectors
We advise clients across the whole spectrum of trade mark rights and related rights. Our trade mark solicitors are ranked as leading individuals in the country.
Intellectual Property
We advise a wide range of clients, including early stage start ups, scaling technology companies, and established SMEs, on every aspect of commercial law and regulatory compliance.
Waterfront Law provides strategic, commercially focused advice to businesses and individuals involved in complex commercial litigation and commercial disputes.
We work with founders, investors, SMEs, scale ups, and established enterprises to support corporate governance, fundraising, joint ventures, M&A, and long-term strategic planning.
We offer tailored legal advice to businesses and individuals. With a combined experience of over 30 years, we provide expert guidance on workplace law.