United Arab Emirates

Firm overview

Audiri Vox, a client-centric ip practice, is a multi-jurisdictional, sixth-generation law firm specialized in the registration, protection and divestiture of Intellectual Property Rights.

The firm has offices in the Middle East, Asia and Africa and acts as a one stop shop for brand owners to secure trademark, copyright, patent and design rights in over 50 countries.

With years of experience in clearing, filing, prosecution, registration, divestiture, enforcement, franchising and licensing of IP rights, Audiri Vox attorneys provide commerce-centric advice to ensure cost-efficiency, minimal objections, speedy registration and enforcement of trademarks, patents, designs and copyright.

Audiri Vox manages multiple high value global and regional trademark and patent portfolios, which symbolizes client trust in the firm. As part of portfolio management, the firm ensures that their client’s IP rights remain valid at all times. This includes keeping track of use requirements in the jurisdictions where the trademarks are registered and providing timely notifications to avoid non-use cancellation. The firm’s experienced attorneys regularly monitor and identify the shortcomings in the light of local laws and practices and frequently provide recommendations to their clients. The firm is known for its out-of-the-box customized strategies suited to their clients’ business needs.

Audiri Vox specializes in Intellectual Property Rights protection. Whether it is trademark, copyright, patent, design or domain name infringement, it is the go-to firm in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. AV team of attorneys and trained investigators help track infringements, formulate anti-counterfeiting strategies followed by appropriate legal action to enforce their client’s rights. The firm has a high success rate in Customs seizures, anti-counterfeiting raids and litigation, helping rights holders curb infringement of their valuable rights.

Audiri Vox attorneys regularly assist franchisers and franchisees secure their rights through drafting, negotiating and registration of Franchise Agreements. The firm provides experienced advice on termination and enforcement of franchise and distributorship rights to principals. With years of experience in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, the firm helps their clients in business expansion through franchising and licensing while maintaining absolute control on their valued Intellectual Property Rights.

AV expert reports have helped numerous companies in establishing their rights before the Courts, Arbitration forums and Enforcement agencies. Audiri Vox attorneys are experienced in comprehensively reviewing client’s Intellectual Property Rights and providing pre-litigation opinions and expert reports which help companies determine their chances of success in the legal action. AV’s independently drafted reports are a valuable piece of evidence which can be filed as an expert report or amicus brief before the Court, Arbitration forums and Enforcement agencies.

IP Valuation is an art and a science, and Audiri Vox masters both. AV team of certified valuation experts experienced in the field of Intellectual Property valuation help clients determine the worth of their global as well as regional IP portfolios.

Firm overview

The BSA Intellectual Property practice is a full-service, leading IP team in the UAE and wider Middle East region. The practice is differentiated from others in the region by its commitment to providing a highly personable and client focused service that has earnt the trust of many loyal clients. The IP team benefits from a culturally and gender diverse team with legal educations and experience coming from both civil and common law jurisdictions, in addition to a wealth of cross-jurisdictional experience. The benefits of such also permeate in the language capabilities of the team, as the majority draft straight into Arabic which ensures a high degree of technical accuracy that is often lost in translation.

BSA has rights of audience in every country where we have an office. This separates BSA from the leading law firms in the region who must employ local advocates to work on their behalf. BSA are therefore better placed to have control over their matters and can keep costs to a minimum for clients.

Under dynamic partner guidance, the team is particularly active in relation to the prosecution and enforcement of intellectual property rights, which has included an array of complex copyright infringement cases over the course of the past year. The team has seen a marked growth in the number of counterfeit investigations it is managing in not only the Middle East but globally, particularly online, and has developed a successful investigation arm for this as a result. The team delivered many large prosecution projects throughout 2020, especially for its key clients such as MBC, that consistently provide both contentious and non-contentious matters for the practice. In preparation for the UAE’s entry to the Madrid system, the practice focused energy into developing the patent practice of the firm and have had exciting progress with important clients such as Knobbe Martens, who introduce many high-profile companies to the firm.

The firm represents a suite of clients across media, professional services firms, automotive and industrial entities, pharmaceuticals and many more. Our growing client base, which now includes sectors such as fashion and consumer goods, are testament to our overall team strengths.

Firm overview

Taylor Wessing has one of the strongest and largest IP teams in Europe and internationally. With more than 200 professionals across Europe alone, the size and scale of our practice means we rarely deal with issues that we have not come across before. What makes us unusual is that we are highly-rated across all IP specialisms. This includes patents; brands and trade marks; copyright; designs; domain names and e-commerce; media law and reputation management, advertising and sponsorship, franchising and broadcasting.

We advise on matters throughout the IP lifecycle from development of IP protection strategies; filing and portfolio management through to maximising value by licensing; and when matters become contentious, protecting your assets through litigation in the courts.

All of our teams are technically excellent and many members have previously worked in-house, giving us a deep understanding of our clients’ needs and issues.

Firm overview

Over the last century we’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in protecting some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and high profile brands. You can trust us to know IP law inside out, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t.

We will provide you with a team, rich in real-world experience, comprising experts who have worked at the forefront of pioneering technologies. A substantial number of our lawyers hold qualifications in scientific or technical fields, meaning we are often called upon for our specialist knowledge and insight on large international mandates. We are respected for our creative and original solutions.

We offer both litigation and transactional support in relation to all IP rights, from small innovative projects to the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes.

Our approach has always been centred on client service, collaborating and innovating with our clients to create bespoke solutions that make their lives easier. This includes: our 'twobirds Pattern' product, a proprietary, in-house patent valuation and analysis tool, that allows us to landscape, analyse, and value patent portfolios in an automated and sophisticated way; and our innovative and dynamic Brand Protection Reporting Portal, which uses dynamic charts that give clients an up-to-date overview of their risk profile at any given time.

Talk to us to find out how our tools, experience and our genuine passion for IP can help you devise a strategy that will help to maintain your competitive edge, whilst protecting and optimising your IP in the best way possible.

Internationally Bird & Bird has over 400 IP lawyers, attorneys and legal professionals across our 29 offices, many of whom have known each other and worked together for years, meaning we're all on the same page and offer consistency and quality that runs through all levels of seniority. We are therefore ideally placed to devise and coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies and,in the future, to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

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