Ip Protection Issues

try http://www.tomkins.ie… Stephane Ambrosini (steph on these forums) is your man

Try UK-based http://www.osborneclarke.com/

You could also check out some of the sites listed here – http://www.obscure.co.uk/directory_legal.shtml

Hi Clevercelt,

…and thanks for the ref’ Tony :)

If you need some informal info, just post away (or pm/email me if company-confidential).

For a more formal intro/discussion, best to discuss things over the phone (harder to tap a phone than intercept network packets!).

OsborneClarke are very good guys to use for industry players – they’ve made some real efforts to ‘gel’ with small developers and publishers, but be aware that they’re ‘legal’ only (as in contractual law, licensing agreements & the like), not ‘legal & techies’ like patent agents (e.g. us @ Tomkins :D ). They’d probably refer you to patent agents for an appreciation of the IPRs present and protectable in your technology (this distinction is important: for lawyers, us patent guys are engineers – and for engineers, us patent guys are lawyers!)

Obscure (goes by same pseudo on IGDA forums) is also a very experienced outfit, but same remark as for OsbourneClarke applies.

TTFN