Retail

“Manches is known for its extremely strong retail group.” The Legal 500

Branding

A brand reputation is expensive and time-consuming to develop; it needs continual care to maintain its value.

We provide advice on law relating to intellectual property: its creation, protection, promotion and enforcement.

Our advice relates to both contentious and non-contentious issues and in the retail world we know we have to move fast, be practical and have full regard for the costs involved compared to what is at stake.

Typically our non-contentious work relates to:

• Design right registration
• Trade mark registration
• Licensing agreements
• Franchising
• Advertising, marketing and sponsorship
• Product liability:
  - Regulatory compliance
  - Product recalls
  - Product defence

 Contentious matters generally involve:

• Trade Mark, Copyright and Design Right infringement and passing off cases
• Licensing disputes
• Reputation issues
• Counterfeit goods