São Paulo · Brazil
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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
A foreign partner has disclosed confidential know-how
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Legal & Contracting and Transactions & Deals. WONE Global brings the areas of expertise and countries together, with a named professional in each market where one is published.
The situation
What is happening
Patents, know-how, inventions and technology licences.
The first questions
- What is protected, and where?
- Who created it, and under which contract?
- Who is using it, and how?
- What is the commercial goal?
Who faces this
- Innovators
- Manufacturers
- Researchers
Cross-border complications to check
- IP territory & exhaustionProtected rights and permitted resale differ by market and product · Intellectual Property & Brand Protection
- Different laws of contractParties sign one commercial agreement but disagree which law governs duties, damages and remedies · Legal & Contracting
- Foreign ownership of landAn asset buyer needs to verify permitted ownership interests and registrations · Legal & Contracting
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Legal & Contracting and Transactions & Deals.
How WONE Global usually approaches patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
- 01Review rights and ownership.
- 02Bring in patent and licensing counsel in each country.
- 03File, license, enforce or defend.
- 04Put agreements in place for the future.
General guidance for this subject. The route for your case depends on the countries, the deadlines and what you already hold.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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São Paulo · Brazil
Kraków · Poland
Johannesburg · South Africa
Kampala · Uganda
Buenos Aires · ArgentinaWONE Global Partner · Argentina
Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari
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Where this case connects
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Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
- Corporation · from South Korea · in Germany, France, PolandIt wants protection before licensing to European partners.How WONE Global handles it →
- Mid-sized company · from Germany · in VietnamIt is licensing its process technology to a Vietnamese manufacturer and worries about copying and under-reported royalties.How WONE Global handles it →
- Founder-led company · from Estonia · in Ukraine, Poland, IndiaIt is preparing for investment and finds that key code was written by contractors in three countries under informal terms.How WONE Global handles it →
Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
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