Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property (IP) has increasingly become one of the most valuable corporate assets. Well aware of the challenges inherent to this field of law, our Intellectual Property team comprises of leading lawyers who possess a thorough understanding of the latest developments in the Intellectual Property practice as well as a broad experience in both contentious and transactional Intellectual Property matters.

We advise some of the largest multi-national companies, across a variety of industry sectors, on a wide range of Intellectual Property issues, including registration, acquiring and licensing Intellectual Property and enforcing and defending Intellectual Property in litigation. In the context of M&A transactions, we conduct Intellectual Property due diligence and advise on the transfer of Intellectual Property patent and trade mark portfolios, transitional and long-term Intellectual Property licensing arrangements and other related Intellectual Property separation and carve-out issues.

Our Intellectual Property expertise is a key element in ensuring the success of several of the transactions undertaken by our Firm, which is further guaranteed through our optimal cooperation with the other practices (Corporate & Commercial, M&A, Employment & Immigration, Tax, Banking & Finance, EU,Antitrust/Competition & State Aid etc.) of Koutalidis Law Firm in providing co-ordinated, comprehensive, holistic and easy to implement advice to our clients.

Services

Our team of highly skilled and uniquely focused lawyers work together to provide our clients with high quality services for their Intellectual Property needs, including:

• advising on the national and EU legislative framework governing Intellectual Property rights,
• Intellectual Property litigation, trademark litigation, patent litigation, trade secret litigation,unfair competition litigation, copyright,
• due diligence on Intellectual Property rights, including related agreements,
• drafting terms of Intellectual Property rights’ sale, purchase and licensing agreements,
• drafting terms of franchising, distribution and sponsorship agreements,
• drafting terms of research and development agreements.
• advising on critical Intellectual Property issues in M&A transactions and financing projects,
• securitization of Intellectual Property rights,
• sophisticated Intellectual Property related clauses in employment agreements,
• Intellectual Property rights taxation,
• application for Intellectual Property rights’ (e.g. trademarks, designs, patents) registration.

We represent major industrial companies, food and pharmaceutical companies, major credit and financial institutions, IT companies, high street and luxury retailers, investors, across all Intellectual Property segments.

Gregory Logothetis
Partner
    +30 210 360 7811
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    glogothetis@koutalidis.gr






Ioannis Kaptanis
Partner
    +30 210 360 7811
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    gkaptanis@koutalidis.gr