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.
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Copyright & licensing
01From 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
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Trademarks & brand protection
02Clearance, 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
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Patent strategy
03Strategic 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
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Trade secrets & NDAs
04Protect 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
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Dispute & litigation
05When 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
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Generative AI & data
06Forward-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?
Send a short note and we will route you to the right partner within one business day.