I am a #IntellectualProperty (#IP) specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in both contentious and non-contentious #IP and information technology #IT and commercial matters. The clients I work with tell me they appreciate my no-nonsense, practical and commercial approach. I head up the specialist IP team at Haddletons, specialising in particular in helping people protect, manage, enforce and exploit their IP and develop their #IPstrategy in scenarios such as:• #Protection of Intellectual Property including #registration, management and #infringement of Trade Marks, #Patents, #Copyright #Brand and #Designs• Breach of confidence, #TradeSecrets and database theft #DataTheft• Drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements including #licensing, #distribution and supply agreements; terms of business; support and maintenance agreements.• Issues relating to ownership and theft of Intellectual Property between employers and employees, or contractors generating ideas for the business #BreachofConfidence• Contractual arrangements in #SoftwareDevelopment, as well as how to protect and commercialise ideas e.g. #licensing #franchising #rights• Preparing businesses for sale, and in particular looking to protect and put a valuation on intellectual property #IPM&A #IPDueDiligence #IPValuations and complex IT #IPtransactions #Techtransactions #IPportfolio #ITduediligenceI trained and worked in London at a large international law firm for eight years, I then moved to Sydney and qualified as an Australian solicitor.