In the information age intellectual property rights have become increasingly valuable. Intellectual property includes your ideas and designs and you can enhance rights by obtaining patents or registering trademarks and designs.

We can advise on these issues and:

• Patentability of ideas
• Trademarks registration
• Searches of the trademark registries in New Zealand and overseas
• Confidentiality protection
• Intellectual property aspects of employment contracts
• Information Technology and software issues
• Licensing agreements
• Copyright issues
  

Please contact Roger Hayman or Kaye Stirling for help.