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Protecting business value
and innovation with smart,
strong IP strategies, and
clearly established
rights of ownership
Your thinking, your energy, and
your determination create the
intellectual property of your business. Protecting this requires a smart and robust approach.
Many New Zealand businesses short change themselves for their brilliance and the hard yards that go into creating their innovations. Here's a team that understands potential and wants you to achieve yours. Meet James & Wells and their passion for IP.
“In 2006 Food Hawke’s Bay arranged for two senior partners from James & Wells to present a session on IP and provide one:one sessions for anyone interested. I was intrigued that these two expert lawyers were making so much time available free of charge, then I visited their website and read that this is part of the James & Wells commitment to NZ business. With the E2theMax brand we have enlisted James & Wells assistance from the outset. The service has been quick, thorough and reassuring. IP is one of our biggest assets. Working with James & Wells enables us to feel we are growing E2theMax IP on solid ground.” Jacqui Jones, E2theMax
LATEST NEWS:
NEW ZEALAND LAW AWARDS 2007: Last year James & Wells Intellectual Property were finalists in four categories at the Law Awards; winner of the coveted Legal Personnel Employer of Choice Award and second runner-up in the Specialist/Boutique Law Firm of the Year Award. This year you can nominate James & Wells Intellectual Property as the premium IP Law firm and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Law firm of the year in the 2007 Law Awards by registering online at www.lawawards.co.nz. Nominations close 7 Sept, voting starts 17 Sept.
$6 Million Investment Challenge James & Wells Intellectual Property is proud to sponsor a competition run by Unlimited Magazine in connection with UK Trade & Investment, which is designed to help entrepreneurs become investment ready and secure funds for growth through the United Kingdom. Enter online at www.unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/investmentchallenge
What does James & Wells'
clever thinking mean for
you and your business?
- Clear IP strategy enables you to see and create growth
opportunities by treating IP as a dynamic and valuable asset.
- Effective commercialisation maximises your return on
investment whether your plan is to licence, create joint
ventures or build your business for sale.
- Enforcement specialisation works to ensure that
what's yours, remains yours. With specialists in law and in all areas of science, technology, commerce
and accounting, the James & Wells team is well-equipped to understand the complexities of your business, to enthusiastically discuss how best to maximise your IP opportunities and to vigorously protect the IP that's yours.
Great businesses attract great people with a passion for what they do.
At the 2006 New Zealand Lawyer Law Awards James & Wells won the coveted Legal Personnel Employer of Choice Award and received further recognition in other categories.
The Legal Personnel Employer of Choice Award recognises the organisation whose culture best promotes the growth and development of all staff members and fosters a strong sense of being a vital member of a team.
James & Wells won the award on the strength of its workplace environment and culture including career opportunities and work-life balance factors.
“We've always felt the James & Wells team work and culture is something special and achieving this award confirms that. A strong, inclusive workplace culture is a core part of James & Wells’s identity and it’s a great honour to have this recognised with the award.
Despite the recognition, however, we have no intention of resting on our laurels, and with the input of all staff we will continue to nurture an enjoyable and productive work environment" says James & Wells partner and spokesperson Kate Wilson.
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in Auckland, Hamilton,
Tauranga and Christchurch.
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IP Strategy
• Identifying IP rights
• Capturing IP rights and
registering them where
appropriate
• Exploiting IP rights
• Matching IP rights and
their development with
business goals
• Ensuring rights are not
infringed
Searching
Successful businesses gather and use IP information to their best advantage. Studying the IP activity of competitors can provide valuable insights into their future intentions.
Commercialisation
• Identifing potential
commercialisation
partners
• Making introductions and
assisting with preparing
and making pitches
• Conducting due diligence
• Negotiating the terms of
any agreement
• Drafting licences and
other documents to
facilitate agreements
• Helping to value IP for
licensing, acquisitions
and internal accounting
• Reviewing, critiquing and
conducting due diligence
on valuations submitted
by others.
Copyright and Designs
Copyright rights will subsist on any original artistic, literary, dramatic or musical work which is the product of time, skill and effort by the author. The term 'artistic work' covers plans, engineering drawings, moulds, dies, patterns, models and prototypes.
Patents
James & Wells patents group is divided into four technology-based teams:
• Life sciences and plant
variety rights
• Electronics and software
• Chemical and process
technologies
• Mechanical and physical
technologies
Litigation
James & Wells has a level of specialisation that is unique amongst New Zealand law firms. In appropriate cases, the team favours alternative dispute resolution and has considerable experience in both mediation and arbitration.
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