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Situations · Common situations · Technology & intellectual property

Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing

Patents, know-how, inventions and technology licences. Usually for: innovators, manufacturers, researchers.

16 common situations · 4 usually cross-border

Find the one closest to yours

Where a situation has its own page, it opens there. Otherwise, bring it to WONE Global with your question already filled in.

  1. A competitor is commercialising technology covered by our patent Bring this to WONE Global →
  2. We need a freedom-to-operate review before product launch Bring this to WONE Global →
  3. An inventor claims ownership of a company-developed invention Full situation page →
  4. A foreign partner has disclosed confidential know-how Usually cross-border Bring this to WONE Global →
  5. We want to license our technology in multiple countries Usually cross-border Full situation page →
  6. Our patent application has been challenged Bring this to WONE Global →
  7. We need to value patents before a financing transaction Bring this to WONE Global →
  8. A research collaboration has unclear IP ownership provisions Bring this to WONE Global →
  9. An employee has taken confidential technical information Full situation page →
  10. Our business wants to monetise a patent portfolio Bring this to WONE Global →
  11. A manufacturer may be infringing a design right Bring this to WONE Global →
  12. A university spinout needs invention assignment documentation Full situation page →
  13. Our software licensing model is being disputed Bring this to WONE Global →
  14. We need cross-border enforcement of a technology licence Usually cross-border Bring this to WONE Global →
  15. A patent owner has sent us a cease-and-desist notice Full situation page →
  16. An international joint venture needs trade-secret protections Usually cross-border Bring this to WONE Global →

First questions

What we will ask first

  1. 01What is protected, and where?
  2. 02Who created it, and under which contract?
  3. 03Who is using it, and how?
  4. 04What is the commercial goal?

The approach

How WONE Global usually approaches it

  1. Step 1Review rights and ownership.
  2. Step 2Bring in patent and licensing counsel in each country.
  3. Step 3File, license, enforce or defend.
  4. Step 4Put agreements in place for the future.

What is needed varies by country and by matter. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees before anything starts.

Across borders

Complications to check

Issues to assess when more than one country is involved. They are prompts, not conclusions about any country's law.

  • IP territory & exhaustionProtected rights and permitted resale differ by market and product
  • Different laws of contractParties sign one commercial agreement but disagree which law governs duties, damages and remedies
  • Foreign ownership of landAn asset buyer needs to verify permitted ownership interests and registrations

WONE Global Partners

Professionals who handle this work

Named professionals for these services. Where none is listed for your country, WONE Global names a vetted firm to you before any work starts, subject to availability and conflict checks.

Anna PawlikowskaKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Anna Pawlikowska

Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Legal Adviser. Co-founder of the Firm. Has been advising parties on technology contracts for more than a dozen years. Specialises in intellectual property law and new technologies. Provides day-to-day legal services to …

Tony Galandi KiireKampala · Uganda

WONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda

Tony Galandi Kiire

Managing Partner · Diamond Advocates · Kampala

Tony Kiire is the Founding and Managing Partner of Diamond Advocates, where he leads the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Law practice. He is also the founder of Lawtech Associates and Consult, the comp…

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…

Editorial examples of situations that arise, not a list of WONE Global clients or matters. The specialist area is a way to find your situation, not a separate practice group.

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