Intellectual property protection and IP law services

Your ideas, inventions and brand set you apart. We help you protect them.

Haddletons offers expert IP advice across trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets – tailored to the way your business works. We manage our own IP too, so we know how to keep what’s yours, yours.

Intellectual property services

Helping you turn your intellectual property into long-term commercial value with a clear strategy.
  • Identifying and prioritising IP assets
  • Aligning IP strategy with business goals
  • Planning for licensing, sale or investment
  • Structuring ownership and revenue arrangements

Making sure you know what IP you have, where the risks are, and how to strengthen protection.
  • IP asset mapping and categorisation
  • Gap analysis and protection planning
  • Infringement risk assessments
  • Internal IP ownership and usage checks

End-to-end support to help you secure and defend your brand identity.
  • Brand clearance and trademark searches
  • Filing and registration in the UK and internationally
  • Monitoring and managing renewals
  • Handling infringement and opposition claims

Keep your registered IP organised, protected and working for you.
  • Centralised record-keeping and renewals
  • Coordination with patent/trademark attorneys
  • Strategy reviews across global portfolios
  • Risk management and enforcement planning

Protecting sensitive business information from misuse or unauthorised disclosure.
  • Drafting and reviewing NDAs
  • Policies for handling trade secrets internally
  • Risk assessment of information-sharing practices
  • Enforcement advice and response support
     

Providing clarity on IP ownership and value in corporate transactions.
  • Reviewing IP rights in share or asset sales
  • Verifying IP chain of title
  • Identifying infringement or encumbrance risks
  • Advising on warranties and indemnities

Helping you meet UK GDPR obligations while making the most of your data.
  • Policy and privacy notice drafting
  • Data processing agreements and supplier terms
  • Employee and marketing data compliance
  • Subject access requests and breach responses

Enabling you to licence IP with clarity and control.
  • Drafting IP licensing terms
  • Royalty structures and usage rights
  • Franchise, reseller and distribution arrangements
  • Negotiation support for inbound and outbound deals