James Fry > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

James Fry

+44 115 943 7622 jamesfry@eversheds.com

Work Department

James is Senior Office Partner of the Nottingham office. He specialises in non-contentious intellectual property work and has extensive experience of technology and brand transfer (particularly licensing) and product development agreements, IP strategy management and audits, and merchandising and sponsorship agreements.

James has extensive experience of copyright, design and trade mark matters in a wide range of sectors and in this respect has acted for a number of household names.  He regularly advises on:

• intellectual property rights protection and the scope for its exploitation
   
• drafting and negotiating technology transfer and research collaboration/ product development agreements
   
• the development of IP strategies and IPR management
   
• the protection of online rights and the impact of new media on the scope of intellectual property rights protection
   
• merchandising and sponsorship agreements
   
• corporate acquisitions and disposals where intellectual property is a key issue.

James is also a member of Eversheds' UK bio and pharma group. He read Chemistry at the University of Sheffield before qualifying as a solicitor. He has significant experience of acting for clients in this sector (ranging from start-ups to multinationals, charities and universities) and understands the issues facing it. Much of his work is focused on IP due diligence and audit, IP licensing and R&D and other collaborative agreements. He also has experience of advising on advertising regulation for medical devices. 

James is a regular speaker on IP issues.

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Position

Partner