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Food
- Introduction
- Areas of expertise:
- Food labelling, advertising and sales
- Food composition
- European food regulation
- Product liability and product recalls
- Environment and packaging
- Health and safety
- Competition
- Defending prosecutions
- Corporate finance
- Commercial contracts
- Commercial disputes
- Liability claims management
- Human resources
- Tax
- Franchising
- Brand and other IP protection
Brand and other intellectual property protection
Our intellectual property team has a wide range of experience in relation to food sector clients which include:
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advising on commercial distribution agreements
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all aspects of branding (including trade mark and character licences)
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sponsorship agreements
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personality endorsements of food products
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know-how licences
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technology and patent licences
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design right assignments
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advice in relation to promotions.
Some examples of the types of work we do in the food sector are:
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advising on a problem which arose when it emerged that our client's brands and proposed brands impinged on third party brands
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successfully dealing with injunction proceedings brought against a client to restrain the sale of its food product, which had a similar name to that of a very well known brand in the food and drink sector.
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