Julius & Creasy

Julius and Creasy is one of the oldest civil law firms in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1879, the firm has established itself on rich tradition and the highest professional principles. Julius and Creasy’ s wealth of expertise and experience in a wide range of specialized fields of Law enables it to offer innovative legal and business solutions to a diverse, sophisticated and high profile clientele.

Our firm from its inception has been involved in intellectual property work. Our work relates to both contentious and non-contentious matters. We file a large number of trademark applications for overseas clients being instructed by our associates in several countries including UK, European Union, USA, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Korea.

We are also involved in registering overseas trademarks of well known exporters of Sri Lankan products

In contentious matters we represent clients both at the National Intellectual Property Office in opposition proceedings and in infringement proceedings before courts, infringement proceedings are instituted in the Commercial High Court and where necessary criminal proceedings are also instituted in the Magistrate’s Court.

Although our practice is to a great extent trademarks, we have substantial portfolio of patents as well. A large part of this portfolio is related to PCT applications filed in Sri Lanka, We also file number of design applications for overseas clients in Sri Lanka and for Sri Lankan clients overseas through our associates in various countries. We also have trained staff and do Patent drafting on behalf of our clients. We also advise on copyright issues including reviewing of copyright agreements and advise publishers. We engage ourselves in IP due diligence work and also file applications for registration at the Sri Lanka Customs.

Mrs Anomi Wanigasekera, holder of LLM (Wales) and Diplomas in Intellectual Property Law, International Trade Law, Banking and Insurance Law of Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the Incorporated Council of Legal Education is in charge of the intellectual property division of our firm. Ms Sandamali Kottachchi, holder of LLB (Colombo), LLM (Colombo), Master of Arts – International Relations, Diploma in Forensic Medicine & Science and Diploma in Computer System Design is a senior professional associate, Ms Sayo Adachi, holder of LLB (London), Ms Charuni Hewage, holder of LLB (London),  BA (University of Kelaniya), Ms Wathsala Samaranayake, holder of LLB (Honours) (Colombo) and Ms Janaki Wanninayake, holder of B.Sc. Special (Honours) in IT (SLIIT) are professional Associates of the intellectual property group.

Address: No 371, R A De Mel Mawatha, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 11 2422 601-5, +94 11 2421 056;
Fax: +94 11 24466 663, +94 11 2435 451
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.juliusandcreasy.com