Commercial, IP & Technology: Always up to date, always effective

"Carl Rohsler, with his extensive commercial knowledge and relaxed demeanour, is a standout."

Legal 500, 2024

In detail

Our CIPT team handles the full range of commercial and IP work, including:

  • Commercial contracts
  • IP enforcement and counselling
  • Technology contracts (including outsourcing)
  • Market channel arrangements (sales, distribution, franchising)
  • Advertising and marketing
  • Data protection, consumer protection and labelling
  • Packaging law and advertising codes.

We recognise that IP constitutes a larger and larger proportion of the balance sheets of most companies – and that the protection and exploitation of IP is often the crucial factor in separating a successful business from its competition.

With that in mind, we have invested in a team of senior experts and associated who can assist you with almost every aspect of the protection and commercialisation of your ideas, reputation and creativity, and who have deep experience of industries like fintech, healthtech, media, gambling and gaming, and hi-tech industrial.

Recent matters

Matters

  • Advising Telegraph Media Group on IP matters including on use of the Telegraph name as part of brand sharing arrangements with Capital One and exclusive partnerships with Coral, live events for the promotion of Fantasy Football and TM partnerships with third party providers of financial services.
  • Advising a London-based full service creative communications agency in dealing with ad clearances for a number of household brands.
  • Advising long-standing AIM-listed client Gaming Realms, on a 10 year framework services agreement with the Jackpotjoy Group.
  • Advising Carabao in relation to its brand development and advertising claims.
  • Acting for leading photograph developers PlanetArt in relation to their app, advertising and marketing.
  • Advising a global professional membership body with nearly 200,000 members on data protection matters.
  • Advising a leading design agency on its contractual relationships and IP protection.
  • Acting for technology providers PURE VPN.
  • Advising digital agency BidMotion in relation to its digital marketing analytics tools in the face of challenges by Uber.
  • Acting for Nutraformis on sponsorship agreements with major sports personalities in football and tennis.
  • Advising one of the world’s most exclusive jewellery designers on commercial matters.
  • Acting for a leading film star on commercialisation and merchandising.
  • Advising OfQual (the Government’s regulator of exam qualifications on fair dealing issues in copyright.
  • Acting for a major university group on its IP right strategy and tax arrangements for the licensing of courses.
  • Acting for a well-known London dance school in relation to continuing use of its name.
  • Advising a major oil company on its research and development agreements.

Accolades

  • Chambers 2024
  • Legal 500 2024
  • Legal 500 2023 - Leading firm

What we're thinking...

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Carl RohslerPartner, Head of Commercial, IP and Technology

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