Rights Advice – IP and commercial advice to suit your business

SOPHOS’ goal is to work with you on a practical and personal level to identify your business needs in the same way you would use an in-house advisor, then to work from the inside out.  So, how can SOPHOS help you to transform an area of your business that is often ignored into a valuable asset?

SOPHOS can carry out an audit of your business or project to assess the level of IP rights you own and use, clarify your core contracts and identify the gaps and risks.

SOPHOS can provide a range of customised solutions, from initial, one-off advice, to a full report with recommendations, to tailored presentations or workshops for key creative employees, suppliers or clients.

SOPHOS will work with you to create your own, customised, in-house precedent agreements, from “standard” terms of trading and licences, to NDAs and consultancy agreements.

SOPHOS can help you to establish and run a programme for the protection, use and exploitation of your key IP rights and contracts. This could include clarification of ownership and informal arrangements, registration of rights (using a specialist patent or trade mark agent), assignment and licensing.

In the short term SOPHOS can review and advise on terms and conditions and other contracts presented to you by clients or suppliers, or deal with the IP queries that arise from day to day.

Let SOPHOS help you to:

• prioritise tasks and prepare the ground;
• make any further advice you need highly cost-effective;
• minimise problems by identifying potential issues and risks before they have escalated;
• increase the value of your IP rights and contracts; and
• give you the tools to manage these valuable assets effectively.