The experienced Unfair Competition team at ARARIPE builds on the firm’s wide intellectual property expertise to defend our clients’ brands against imitation and counterfeiting. At the same time, we work with our clients to prevent and if necessary defend against claims that they themselves may be in breach of third party rights.
ARARIPE is dedicated to providing timely and cost-effective advice to protect our clients’ commercial and brand interests internationally. We work closely with law firms and private investigators around the world to identify possible infringements by or against our clients and then take prompt preventative or remedial action.
Our Unfair Competition team collaborates closely with our firm’s Trade Mark lawyers to determine whether a given brand may be suitable for registration.
At ARARIPE, we work closely with our clients to understand and meet their commercial objectives in as cost-effective a manner as possible. We collaborate to determine and agree the legal strategy and fee structure that will best protect their interests, at home and abroad.
What is unfair competition?
Services
- Prior search and trademark availability;
- Brand and name searches, including our assessment of whether a new brand can be used or, in some cases, registered;
- Ongoing correspondence with foreign agencies to identify new infringements of clients’ brands;
- Advice on possible infringements by our clients of third party rights, including advice on what branding changes may be necessary to avoid such infringement;
- Negotiation of bilateral consent agreements where necessary;
- Advice on appropriate legal action to prosecute infringements of clients’ brands; and
- Advice on appropriate legal action to defend our clients against claims that they are in breach of a third party’s brand rights.