Technology & IP

  • Paul Motion acted as Solicitor Advocate in a £25 million IP claim related to the design of an offshore wind farm.

  • Acting for a company in a highly complex Commercial Action involving defective bespoke software. The case was estimated  to last ten days in court but was settled out of court.

  • Acting for a malt whisky producer on a trade mark infringement and passing-off case with both UK and international aspects, the UK elements of which were litigated by Paul Motion as Solicitor Advocate. 

  • Advising on all aspects of a complex transaction (including IP) whereby a UK software company was acquired by a US organisation; the team also advised a bespoke software developer in the North of Scotland who was seeking to raise private and public investment funding: both of these transactions involved the review of numerous lengthy contracts, licences and warranties under significant time pressures.

  • Regularly advising a High Street retail chain on IP infringement matters arising from clothes designs, branding and labelling.

  • Acting for a Scandinavian client, to obtain interdict orders preventing harassment of her on Blogs and internet Forums.

  • Dealing with a range of agreements relating to the development, hosting and support of websites. 

  • Advising on a book publishing contract, the book’s publication attracting significant media comment.

  • Advising a major Scottish charity on the digitisation of its archives and the exploitation of its IP. 

  • Clients wished to utilise Open Source languages, raising issues as to ownership and exploitation of IP rights in view of the terms on which the open source code was licensed.
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