Data & IP Licensing
Helping clients manage their most strategic assets
No asset is more strategic than data & IP. And with this intuition, the legal aspects of managing and deploying data & IP take centre stage. We have been ranked in reach edition of Global Data Review’s GDR 100, a ranking of the world’s best data law firms, since the inaugural rankings in 2020.
We have unparalleled expertise advising data and IP-rich companies. From leading-edge product licensing, to strategic collaboration agreements, governance and sovereignty issues, we are noted for our “business-focussed, cutting-edge, clear-cut advice” on the most important issues in this area.
What We Do
With deep sector expertise advising on IP & data licensing issues, we advise on the following areas:
- Data & IP licensing arrangements
- Strategic data & IP collaboration agreements
- Financial markets data, index data & exchanges
- End-to-end data & IP rights governance
- Data trusts
Our Experience
Here are some examples of our IP & data licensing work:
Insight
We publish for our clients and contacts blogs, vlogs and white papers, and hold occasional events and webinars about developments in Tech Law.
Our insight is widely recognised in the market. Who’s Who Legal have named us one of their eight Tech Law though leaders each year since 2017. Click through to our insights page or an article below.
International Comparative Legal Guide – Digital Business 2023
Chris Kemp and Eleanor Hobson have contributed to the ICLG’s (International Comparative Legal Guide) Digital Business 2023 publication. This publication …
Smart Data & the DPDI (No. 2) Bill: next steps for Open Data in the UK
1. Introduction. This blog is about the proposals for ‘Smart Data’ legislation in Part 3 of the Data Protection and …
Copyright in Fictional Characters
In a first for UK copyright law, the English High Court recently held that copyright may exist independently in a …