International Intellectual Property Disputes
Protecting Your Trademarks, Patents, and Brand Across Borders
Intellectual property is often a business’s most valuable, and most vulnerable, asset once it operates internationally. Trademarks, patents, copyright, and confidential know-how can be infringed, copied, or counterfeited in territories far from where the original owner is based, and enforcing rights consistently across multiple jurisdictions requires careful, coordinated legal strategy.
AppleRose Solicitors advises businesses and rights holders on protecting and enforcing intellectual property across borders, from initial infringement assessment through to coordinated enforcement action in the relevant jurisdictions.
Common Cross-Border IP Issues
Where Infringement Typically Arises
Cross-border IP disputes commonly involve trademark or patent infringement by an overseas manufacturer or distributor, unauthorised use of copyright material online, counterfeit goods entering the UK or European markets, and disputes over international licensing and franchising agreements.
Parallel imports, where genuine goods are imported outside an authorised distribution network, and disputes over ownership of IP developed through international collaborations or joint ventures, are also increasingly common sources of conflict.
Our IP Dispute Services
From Infringement to Enforcement
We advise on identifying and evidencing infringement, sending cease and desist correspondence to overseas infringers, and pursuing claims in England and Wales where appropriate, including for goods entering the UK market through counterfeit supply chains.
Where enforcement is needed in other jurisdictions, we help clients develop a coordinated multi-jurisdictional enforcement strategy, working with the applicable international frameworks, including the Madrid Protocol for trademarks and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), and liaising with foreign counsel where local proceedings are required.
Protecting Your Global Portfolio
Reducing Risk Before Disputes Arise
Protecting a global IP portfolio starts before any dispute arises. We advise on structuring international trademark and patent filings, drafting licensing and distribution agreements that protect IP rights and clearly allocate enforcement responsibility, and reviewing agreements with overseas manufacturers and partners to reduce future risk.
When disputes do arise, early, decisive action is often critical to limiting reputational and commercial damage, particularly where counterfeit goods or infringing content are being actively distributed or sold.
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