Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is one of the key assets of any business. It is essential that it be protected as it forms a vital part of the business's goodwill and its ability to distinguish its goods and services from other goods and services in the marketplace.

Intellectual property is not just the registration of a business name or the incorporation of a company. It is much more. Intellectual property encompasses the protection of the business name or the names and get-up of its products or its services (ie. trade marks), protection of creations or inventions (ie. copyright, designs and patents) and its processes and methods (ie. trade secrets and confidential information). Failure to identify and adequately protect this integral part of a business can have dire consequences.

Ask yourself the question “what would happen to my business if someone else sold the same products or provided the same services as I do under the same or very similar name?” It is easy to see that it is worth investing a little time and money to ensure that this does not happen.

Lukaitis Partners can advise on;

• the registration of trade marks
• licensing, distribution, transfer, franchising and other related agreements which deal with intellectual property rights
• the protection of copyright
• taking appropriate action to prevent your trade mark being infringed or your copyright being breached
• employment agreements containing trade secrets, confidential information and restraint of trade clauses
• refer to specialists for patents and designs

Lukaitis Partners has the knowledge, skill and experience to advise on this vitally important but often overlooked area.