Simon Walters®

Maintenance



Organizing and maintaining your rights and their correct use in the marketplace.


Monitoring and managing renewals.


Keeping a watch on competitors and third parties.

Maintenance of Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright



Advice on the most appropriate ways to organize and maintain your rights and their correct use in the market place.


Discussing with you whether to broaden trade mark and design coverage to new markets and abandon rights that are not being used.


Licences and Assignments are a means to exploit trade marks, designs and copyright and also are a part of settling disputes.




Renewals


Trade mark and design registrations are personally monitored for renewal and not delegated to any agencies.




Watching Service


A monitoring service is available to warn when new trade mark or design applications, filed by third parties in any countries that you choose, conflict with your existing rights.


Advice is available on the chances of successfully opposing trade marks or designs found, as well as suggestions to negotiate an amicable settlement.


For the UK, the service includes trade marks and designs at the UK and EU Intellectual Property Offices, and International trade marks that extend to the UK.