Intellectual Property

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NYK Law Firm believes that Intellectual Property Law practice involves protecting ideas that make us feel alive and we prioritize powering our clients’ ideas which transform the world. We advise and actively involve ourselves in legal procedures, registrations, documentation and IP prosecution which could, in turn, attract investors to your business owing to stronger Intellectual Property.

We specialize in the documentation of IPR related transactions including licensing, assignment, and franchising documentation. We also work as Intellectual Property agents and specialize in comprehensive legal contractual documentation pertaining to motion pictures, television, book publishing, internet media, theatre, music, sports & entertainment industry. We have expertise in handling complex trademark, patent, copyrights, trade secrets, and all areas of Intellectual Property matters in the UAE, including registration and infringement matters.

Few of our recent projects include registration of a trademark of a five-star luxury hotel, facilitating a patent licensing transaction, including drafting of comprehensive agreements, advising a local technology start-up on protection of their proprietary data, including registering their intellectual property and advising a foreign crypto currency trader on local rules and regulations.
We strongly believe that taking Intellectual Property seriously would be noticed by other market players in your industry, thereby providing a continuum to the protection of your intellectual property from potential infringers. We assist in registration or in efficiently defending your Intellectual Property. We also provide consultation services ranging across IP/ Search Analysis, Technology Transfer, License Management and so on.

Hot topics that may arise in intellectual property management

What qualifies as intellectual property?

Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.

Is an idea considered intellectual property?

Unfortunately, there is no effective way to protect an idea with any form of intellectual property protection. Copyrights protect expression and creativity, not innovation. Neither copyrights or patents protect ideas.

How do I protect intellectual property?

Here are five different ways to protect your intellectual property.

1. Register copyrights, trademarks, and patents. …
2. Register business, product or domain names. …
3. Create confidentiality, non-disclosure or licensing contracts for employees and partners.
4. Implement security measures. …
5. Avoid joint ownership.

Does intellectual property expire?

In general, the term of copyright is the life of the author plus 70 years after the author’s death (or last surviving author’s death if a joint work). For works made for hire and anonymous or pseudonymous works, the duration of copyright is 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter.

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