In the modern marketplace, intellectual property is more crucial than ever. Translate your creativity into concrete expressions alongside a partner who respects that your stakes aren't merely legal and economic—they're also personal.

Whether your innovation occupies the physical world, the intellectual sphere or the evolving digital realm, Dentons has the resources to secure and maximize the value of what you create. Navigate the complex terrain of global intellectual property law with assurance. Our lawyers unite a broad mix of legal and technical backgrounds into a team equipped to robustly defend artists and creators, public institutions and enterprises launched by venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and multinational corporations.

Choosing the right legal strategies and remedies to protect your investment in intellectual property demands extensive knowledge of different industries. We not only know copyright law; we pride ourselves on understanding your industry and your business.

Dentons' legal and technical expertise stems from our hands-on experience as external counsel—or as former in-house counsel—for organizations with a vital stake in copyright protected content and technology.

To provide you with seamless service on a local and international scale, we work closely with the firm's corporate technology, tax, public policy and litigation groups. We stay at the forefront of new developments in the law and in the industries we serve, particularly concerning the application of copyright law to changing technologies.

As a creator, user or supplier of original work, rely on Dentons to advise you on every aspect of the law relating to the creation, protection and exploitation of your valuable work, including:

• advising on the application of the rights and exceptions available under copyright legislation in different countries
• negotiating license agreements for copyright protected works, content and technology on all platforms
• registering copyright ownership and transactions
• monitoring and advising on ongoing copyright treaty and legislative reform, and the resulting practical implications
• representing you in copyright disputes, including cease and desist demands, infringement litigation, commercial arbitration and defense of third-party actions
• where copyright license rates and terms are set in tribunal proceedings, presenting legal and economic cases to reflect the true value of the copyright works in question, and advising on the application and implications of licenses set in such proceedings contracts for consulting services
• advising on breach of confidence actions involving employees and ex-employees
• advising on all aspects of outsourcing, including employee concerns, and preparing.

You have invested untold energy and passion into your original creations. Let us safeguard those creations with equal vigor.

Recognition

Managing IP recognizes 34 Dentons Intellectual Property lawyers as IP Stars 2022

June 28, 2022

Managing IP has recognized 34 Dentons lawyers from across 17 jurisdictions in the 2022 edition of IP Stars. The ranking highlights outstanding lawyers in the area of intellectual property (IP) law, trademarks and patents.

Dentons secures 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in Chambers USA

May 26, 2017

Global law firm Dentons earned 123 individual and 38 practice rankings in the most recent edition of Chamber USA, a well-known annual legal directory that identifies the world's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, objective research.

Insights

Cheaters sometimes prosper: EU Court of Justice says software designed to help ‘cheat’ in online games may not be copyright infringement

June 16, 2025

Australia: Courts in the Australia and the European Union have recently considered software designed to help players of online games ‘cheat’. The EU held that such software did not infringe the copyright of game developers where the software did not change or reproduce the source code of the game or allow the game to be reproduced. In Australia, courts have found that such software provides gamers with advantages by allowing the gamer to perform unauthorised actions would fall afoul of the laws relating to technological protection measures. Our article considers what this means for game makers and software developers in Australia.

Can copyrighted material be used to train AI systems?

June 11, 2025

United Kingdom: Copyright law protects intellectual creations such as books, songs, newspaper articles and movies, subject to certain exceptions. The datasets ingested to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems often include copyrighted material. AI developers argue that the use of this copyrighted material falls within certain of the legal exceptions to copyright protection. 

Federal Circuit Ruling Reinforces Strict Standards for Color Trademarks

May 30, 2025

On April 29, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a landmark decision in In re PT Medisafe Technologies, No. 2023-1573 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 29, 2025), addressing the registrability of color trademarks.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Uncovering hidden IP potential – how Dentons and Intanify's AI-driven approach helped Orderly position itself for funding success

November 27, 2024

Orderly is a developer of supply chain management technology for global food and beverage companies, including the world’s largest coffee chain.

Dentons successfully represented Vodafone Hungary and the members of HET (Hungary's Infocommunications Association)

January 16, 2023

Vodafone Hungary and the members of HET (Hungary's Infocommunications Association, representing the members of the Hungarian telecommunications market such as: Antenna Hungaria, Vodafone HU, UPC, Telenor, Antenna Hungária, Invitel Digi, Deutsche Telekom HU, etc.) has have successfully won the administrative court case against one of the collective societies (EJI-MAHASZ) royalty scheme with the support of Dentons Budapest. 

Managing IP recognizes 34 Dentons Intellectual Property lawyers as IP Stars 2022

June 28, 2022

Managing IP has recognized 34 Dentons lawyers from across 17 jurisdictions in the 2022 edition of IP Stars. The ranking highlights outstanding lawyers in the area of intellectual property (IP) law, trademarks and patents.

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