Deacons has offered clients practical trademark and IP consulting services for more than 140 years. Our 150-strong IP team, located across our offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, has inherited this long and proud tradition of service.
In the area of multinational and regional trademark protection, Deacons’ IP team has a wealth of experience of providing a range of client-focused consulting and legal services including:
- Assistance with the creation/selection of unique trademarks
- Trademark searches and monitoring
- Advice on developing a global trademark strategy
- Strategic advice on brand protection, administration and application
- Handling trademark registration procedures
- Liaising with the Authorities in connection with feedback and decisions, hearings, appeals, and other legal procedures
- Handling trademark oppositions, disputes, declarations of invalidation and cancellation procedures
- Post-registration matters such as trademark extensions
- Registration for trademark permissions and transfers
- Trademark reviews, including assessments of the protection level
- Consultations and advice on the commercialisation of trademarks
- Trademark auditing
