Intellectual Property Practices

Intellectual Property Practices Overview

Here we provide comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) services that protect and enhance the value of your innovations, creative works, and proprietary assets. Our team delivers strategic legal counsel on all aspects of IP, ensuring that your intellectual property is legally safeguarded, commercially viable, and fully leveraged.

We assist clients across industries with the registration, enforcement, management, and commercialization of trademarks, copyrights, patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trade secrets. Our services extend to licensing, portfolio management, and dispute resolution, helping innovators, startups, and established organizations operate confidently in both local and international markets.

Whether securing IP rights for a novel invention, protecting a creative work, or managing complex licensing agreements, we provide practical, results-focused advice that enables clients to innovate with confidence, maximize commercial opportunities, and mitigate legal risks.

Work Highlights

• Assisted clients with the filing and registration of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, utility models, copyrights, and trade secrets with the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA).
• Advised on IP priority rights and facilitated applications to secure early protection for innovations.
• Supported clients with the renewal of registered IP rights and handling of cancellation or opposition proceedings before relevant authorities.
• Managed infringement disputes, providing legal guidance and representation in enforcement actions to protect clients' rights.
• Conducted IP due diligence and public record inspections to assess portfolios for investment, licensing, or acquisition purposes.
• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated franchise, licensing, and assignment agreements to enable commercial use of intellectual property.
• Represented clients in proceedings before the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA) and in court litigation related to IP disputes.
• Assisted startups and established businesses in developing IP strategies, including portfolio management and international protection planning.
• Provided strategic counsel to creative and technology-driven enterprises to align IP rights with business growth and innovation goals.