England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Farrer & Co
Farrer & Co is noted for its ability to handle IP licensing, trade mark portfolio management and copyright pre-publication advice, among others. On the litigation side, the department is particularly active in the technology, betting, sports, art and retail sectors. Co-lead Peter Wienand maintains a strong non-contentious practice, routinely operating strategic or organisational change projects for IP-centred businesses, while Ian De Freitas heads the IP disputes team, with notable experience in branding and copyright cases. Owen O’Rorke assists clients with IP work and brand issues, and David Copping focuses has experience in the media, technology, culture and higher education arenas.
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Key clients
- The Economist
- Carbon Disclosure Project Worldwide
- Boden
- The Art Fund
- Stablepharma
- Institute of Cancer Research
- Samuel Allsopp & Sons
- Cycling UK
- Eden Renewables
- The Paul Mellon Centre
Work highlights
- Advising a Russell Group University on managing its compliance with the ‘open access’ mandate now imposed by most government and charity funders of research on its grantees.
- Advising the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art on rights and releases for a film about a Tate art installation in 2022, in addition to providing advice on copyright, licensing and moral rights implications of an ESG-led project.
- Advising Samuel Allsopp & Sons, a family beer business, in reviving its heritage brand by acquiring and protecting a portfolio of existing, historic and new trade marks.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Peter Wienand, Ian De Freitas