Regulatory Compliance
Keeping intellectual property valid, enforceable and lawfully used, at home and across borders.
A right that lapses, a licence that is never recorded or a mark that is never used can cost as much as an infringement. ALIPA's compliance practice keeps clients' intellectual property in good standing: renewals and annuities met, use requirements satisfied, licences recorded, and the rules of each market and treaty system observed.
The work is preventive and continuous. We audit portfolios, set the policies and procedures that keep them in order, and report to boards and in-house teams on where their IP stands and what it needs next.
Practices
- Patent Compliance: Annuities, working requirements and recordals, so granted patents stay in force.
- Trademark and Brand Compliance: Use, renewal, marking and advertising rules that keep a brand protected.
- Copyright and Software Compliance: Licence audits, open-source obligations and lawful use of creative and software works.
- Trade Secret and Confidentiality Compliance: Contracts, policies and procedures that keep confidential information confidential.
- IP Licensing and Contractual Compliance: Licences drafted, recorded and kept to, on royalties, quality and territory.
- Cross-Border and International Treaty Compliance: Madrid, Paris Convention and treaty filings, and the rules of each country they reach.
- Corporate IP Governance and Audits: IP audits, registers and policies, reported to the board.
People
- Muhammad Abeed Atif, Founder & Managing Partner · Head of Global IP Division
- Khadija Ijaz Rahim, Joint Managing Partner · Head of Patent Department