IP and brand due diligence in acquisitions, investments, financings and restructurings
Intellectual Property & Brand
What we do
Intellectual Property & Brand
Protect the brand – and make the rights work commercially
Commercial and regulatory support for brands, trade marks, content, technology and intellectual property assets used or acquired in Tanzania.
Intellectual property is often embedded in a wider commercial arrangement: an acquisition, licence, franchise, distribution network, technology contract, brand launch or cross border restructuring. The task is not only registration; it is to confirm ownership, control use, allocate value, manage infringement risk and ensure that commercial contracts reflect the rights the business actually needs.
Our role is strongest at the commercial and transactional interface. We assess how intellectual property rights affect the wider investment or contract and coordinate registration, recordation, opposition, enforcement or specialist technical work with qualified intellectual property agents and counsel where required.
How we assist
How we assist on this mandate
Trade mark and brand portfolio strategy for entry into or expansion within Tanzania
Licence, assignment, coexistence, confidentiality, distribution, agency, franchise and commercialisation agreements
Ownership and use of IP created by employees, consultants, developers, agencies and joint venture partners
Technology, software, content, know how, data and brand provisions in commercial contracts
Recordation and border, customs or regulatory issues affecting protected marks, coordinated with specialists
Marketing, packaging, labelling, sponsorship and brand use arrangements
IP aspects of secured finance, joint ventures, insolvency, exit and business transfers
Coordination of searches, registration, renewals, oppositions, enforcement and litigation with qualified agents or counsel
Regional brand protection coordination across selected African markets
Why work with us
How we deliver this mandate
