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Not an alien concept The march of intellectual property-rich UK companies from start-up to mature, continues at pace according to a report last month from Tech Nation, the tax-funded body that [...]

It’s all about the brand… The curious thing about intellectual property rights is you don’t think they apply to you until…er…they do. You might not believe you have, or are, a brand. Even if you [...]

Employer’s Intellectual Property Rights The employer owns designs, inventions, and copyright over abstract creative works developed by its employees – right? Surely this is the case, it even says [...]

Happy New Year to all BIBA Brokers! As the New Year dawns many of your clients will be addressing their marketing schedules for 2020 and the new decade. Refreshing their client offerings, [...]

Finally, OPUS will monitor the progress of the claim and liaise with the insured, the appointed solicitors and underwriters with a view to ensuring a satisfactory resolution of the dispute.

Where the strategy has been approved by underwriters in advance, they will then fund it in a form to be agreed on a case by case basis.

OPUS will work with underwriters, panel solicitors and the insured to agree the optimum strategy for the case.

If the claim is covered, underwriters will authorise the insured to appoint panel solicitors to handle the claim.

OPUS will pass all documents and any legal opinion available to underwriters for a final assessment as to whether it is covered by the insured’s policy.

The insured complete the claim form and provides any further information relating to the claim as requested by OPUS. Sometimes the information provided by the insured will include a legal opinion [...]