A company's technology is often its most important and an asset critical to success. In a world where developments in all areas are constantly accelerating, the protection of a company's own innovative technology and the freedom to operate without being hindered by others' patents or other intellectual property rights are absolutely central to competitiveness.
Sometimes you have to take the necessary legal action to stand up for what you believe is right.
Any case involving technology rights requires lawyers to acquire and understand a field of expertise that extends far beyond the law. This can only be achieved if the lawyer is humble in the face of the real experts: namely the technologists, and has a working method and project management approach that facilitates the effective transfer of knowledge from the technologists to the lawyers.
Our lawyers are interested in technology and are driven by a desire to learn more about our clients' businesses.
We have extensive experience in assembling and working within effective teams of lawyers and technologists. We focus on asking the right questions and listen to the technologists.
It may seem unusual for solicitors to listen more than they speak, but in technology cases this is a prerequisite for the solicitor to be able to argue the client's case effectively.
Thommessen's leading intellectual property team has been working according to these principles for a long time, and on a wide range of cases across all key industries, including pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, oil and gas, oil services, aquaculture, shipping, and the process and transport industries.
