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Commercial Law

Please do not hesitate to contact Simon Barrett, or John Harrison for further information about any of the following, or e-mail your enquiry to simon@barrettandco.co.uk or john@barrettandco.co.uk

1. Agency, Distribution and Franchising Agreements

Let us draft, review, update or amend your agreements, or negotiate them for you with your potential trading partners.

Do your agreements comply with the requirements of the competitive practices legislation?

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2. Terms and Conditions of Business/Unfair Contract Terms

Do you require T's and C's for your business? Do they make sense? Are they enforceable? Can you rely upon an exclusion clause? Have you made appropriate provision for retention of title?

For answers to all these questions, and many more, contact us, whether you are trying to rely on such clauses or being on the receiving end of them.

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3. Computer Contracts

Supply, licensing, maintenance contracts for both hardware and software, shrink-wrap, bespoke or turnkey, source code deposit agreements - we are able to assist and advise.

Are your intellectual property rights fully protected?

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4. Intellectual Property

IP is a much misunderstood and incorrectly used term. Intellectual Property is the ownership of rights arising out of creative intellectual effort or commercial goodwill and reputation. It covers rights of confidentiality, copyright, trade marks, service marks, design rights and patents.

Such rights can be sold, given away or licensed; some require formal registration to be protected, others do not. Some rights lapse after a period of time, some will lapse if not renewed or re-registered.

Have you protected your business name and trading style or logo? Do you have any brand names requiring such protection? Is somebody passing off themselves as you or are their goods and services likely to be confused with your own?

IP rights are valuable - you ignore them at your peril.