N.GRIGORIADIS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

N.GRIGORIADIS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  • Multi-jurisdictional strategy and advice on registering and protecting intellectual property
  • Brand/patent/design portfolio management
  • IP Contract Management
  • Legal advice and protection concerning conflicts of intellectual property rights conflicts (trademark/distinctive sign vs. trade name, trademark/ distinctive sign vs. domain name, trademark vs. trademark)
  • IP Due Diligence
  • Mediation
  • Representation before the Administrative Committee for Trademarks, EUIPO, WIPO, Greek Administrative Courts and EU’s Courts (oppositions, cancellation actions for revocation or invalidity, appeals, etc)
  • Representation before Civil Courts (Temporary Restraint Orders/Interim Relief/Cease & Desist Lawsuits, Patent, Utility Model, Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products Annulment Lawsuits)
  • Representation before Penal Courts
  • Domain name dispute resolution before the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission and W.I.P.O. (UDRP)
TRADEMARK / DISTINCTIVE SIGNS
  • Trademark Clearance/Availability, Registration, Renewal & Recordal Services of National, International and EU’s Trademark
  • Registration of Greek Trademark
  • Cooperation with foreign law firms re. trademark registration in non-Madrid Protocol countries.
  • Trademark Watching Services
  • Advice on trademark/distinctive sign use in distribution networks from former distributors/non-members of the network
  • Advice on well-known trademarks
  • Contract Localization
  • Agreements:
    • Trademark/Non-Registered Trademark Licensing Agreement
    • Trademark/Non-registered Trademark Assignment Agreement
    • Trademarks Delimitation/Co-Existence Agreement
    • Trademark pledge
    • Agency, Distributorship, Franchising Agreement & Trademark Licensing Agreement
COPYRIGHT (INTERNET, VISUAL ART, PRINT & ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS, MUSIC INDUSTRY, THEATRE)
  • Patent filing (national, EU, international)/Utility Model filing, Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products filing
  • Patent Licensing Agreement/Patent Assignment Agreement
  • Filing of Technology Transfer Agreements
  • Patent Pools
  • Filing of Patent Pools
PATENT, UTILITY MODEL, SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATE FOR MEDICINAL PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
  • IP assignment/licensing agreement
  • Treatment of employee IP
SOFTWARE
  • Software Agreements (development – co-development/limited license/Software as a Service/maintenance/upgrade)
DESIGN
  • Design filing (national, community design, international design)
  • Watching Services
  • Design Assignment/Licensing Agreement
KNOW-HOW/TRADE-SECRETS
  • Know-How/Trade-Secret Licensing/Assignment Agreement
PUBLISHING AGREEMENT
  • Print Publishing Agreement
  • Digital/Online – Publishing Agreement
  • Translation, Editing, Ιllustration, Book Cover Design Agreements
DATABASES
  • Database Creation Agreement
  • Database Upgrade Agreement
  • Database Licensing/Exploitation Agreement
DOMAIN NAMES
  • Strategy and advice on domain name registration in conjunction with IP rights
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
  • Successful representation of a multinational pharmaceutical company in a trademark and unfair competition dispute
  • Successful representation of a multinational clothing company regarding design rights and unfair competition dispute