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IP Law

Practice areas

Six practices. One discipline.

Every Meridian lawyer works inside one of six practice areas. We do not generalise, and we do not hand matters off to firms that do.

  • Copyright & licensing

    01

    From a single work to a catalogue of thousands β€” registration, licensing chains, and royalty structures that actually pay.

    • Work registration & deposit
    • Licensing & assignment drafting
    • Royalty audits & recovery
    • Open-source compliance
    • AI training data licensing
  • Trademarks & brand protection

    02

    Clearance, registration, and global enforcement across 140+ jurisdictions, with a watch service that catches infringements within 48 hours.

    • Global clearance & filing
    • Brand watches & enforcement
    • Domain & social recovery
    • Anti-counterfeit operations
    • Trade dress protection
  • Patent strategy

    03

    Strategic patent counsel for technology and life sciences teams β€” from invention capture to portfolio licensing and sale.

    • Patentability analysis
    • Prosecution & filing
    • Portfolio licensing
    • Validity & opinion work
    • Post-grant proceedings
  • Trade secrets & NDAs

    04

    Protect the ideas you never file for. We design confidentiality programmes for studios, labs and product teams.

    • Confidentiality programmes
    • NDA design & negotiation
    • Exit & onboarding audits
    • Misappropriation litigation
    • Digital forensics coordination
  • Dispute & litigation

    05

    When negotiation fails, our trial-ready team represents clients in UK High Court, US District Courts, EU IPO, and the Singapore IPOS.

    • Copyright infringement
    • Trade mark disputes
    • Patent litigation
    • Domain name UDRP
    • Anti-piracy operations
  • Generative AI & data

    06

    Forward-looking counsel for the AI era: training data licensing, model output risk, and the new rights emerging across jurisdictions.

    • Training data licensing
    • Model output risk
    • Rights clearance
    • AI policy drafting
    • Cross-border AI compliance

Industries

We work where creativity meets commerce.

Our clients operate in sectors where IP is the business. Each one has its own conventions, contracts and risks β€” and its own playbook in our library.

  • Music & recording
  • Film & television
  • Publishing
  • Software & SaaS
  • Fashion & luxury
  • Fine art & photography
  • Biotech & life sciences
  • Gaming & interactive
  • Advertising & agencies
  • Sports & athletes

Not sure which area you need?

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