Recognizing the need to offer skilled legal advice to protect the value of our clients' trademarks, ideas, inventions or any form of 'intellectual property' creations, Avramopoulos & Partners provides advice on a wide range of IP matters. Our client base is comprised of important Greek and foreign companies active in Greece.
In addition to advising, our firm also handles a variety of litigation matters involving issues such as unfair competition (such as imitation of unprotected works and products), illegal use of trademark, breach of copyright, trade secrets, patents, know-how, the and protection of confidential information.
More specifically, our services include the following:
- Registration of trademarks, patents, and copyrights both in Greece and internationally.
- Drafting and negotiating agreements involving the transfer and licensing of intellectual property.
- Drafting of international and domestic agreements for the sale and licensing of computer hardware and software.
- Filing of trademark, copyright and patent proceedings and 'passing off' actions.
- Counselling clients on their IP assets, examining claims of alleged IP infringement, and licensing and enforcing IP rights.
- Litigate, defend and/or prosecute infringement claims in courts, government agencies, before international administrative tribunals and in arbitral forums.
- Monitoring patent and trademark registers, as well as policing the marketplace for possible infringing activity.
- Performing worldwide clearance searches, and advising on whether or not a mark is available for use and registration.
- Negotiating and drafting trademark licenses and assignments.
- Conducting "due diligence" reviews of trademark rights involved in merger, acquisition and financing transactions.
- Representing trademark clients in administrative proceedings, such as oppositions, cancellations and concurrent use proceedings.
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