About IPTogether
IPTogether is a boutique intellectual property (IP) legal practice with a focus on trade marks and designs. It is the platform where Gifty uses her previous blue-chip in-house Counsel experience and training with magic circle law firms, to now solve her own clients’ problems, whatever their size. This insight gives Gifty a focus on adding value to clients’ IP portfolio including costs benefits.
The specialist sector interests under the firm include Food and Drink; Beauty and Well Being; Retail and Fashion; Manufacturing; Scientific and the Technology industries; including Entertainment and the IT sectors.
Areas of IP support services, include (but not limited to):
- Trade Mark Portfolio Management
- Handling lookalike/copycat disputes
- Securing enforceable co-existence Agreements
- Effective IP Mediation strategies
- Brand strategy and IP rights enforcement
- Effective Brand protection globally
- Exploitation of IP rights, i.e., copyrights, designs and trade marks
Her reputation range from handling complex trade mark conflict cases, oppositions and cancellation actions and conducting voluminous clearance searches enabling freedom to use and register your trade mark around the globe.
What Gifty does not do, is to sit on the fence. You will always receive sound commercial advice and guidance, without ambiguity.
Whether you need a new trade mark application or company branding: we can help.
IPTogether Limited was founded by Gifty Gakpetor who is a Senior Trade Mark Attorney with over 8 years’ experience gained from working as in-house Trade Mark Counsel for multi-national companies (Unilever, PepsiCo and The Coca-Cola Company). Her responsibilities were both on regional and global levels. With over 12 years’ additional experience, working in private practice firms as a Trade Mark Attorney where she managed international portfolios of trade marks for different clients in a variety of industries, Gifty is uniquely qualified to help your business.
Gifty has played different roles and positions working for brand owners with a focus on trade marks, designs, copyright, domain names and their related commercial challenges. With a combined expertise of over 20 years in the IP world she has a track record of competency in working on leading brands of multi-nationals in consumer facing industries. She brings with her creative and common sense solutions to IP challenges.
Focus and commitment combined with expertise and experience allows Gifty to swiftly make a tangible difference, providing cutting-edge entrepreneurial solutions bespoke to each client’s specific IP needs.
Our global network of expert consultants
IPTogether Limited is well connected to top notch attorneys globally.
We can draw on additional resources where required to assemble a team of selected specialists patent and trade mark attorneys, solicitors, barristers, and paralegals.
We can take up Senior IP Director positions in-house and in an IP Practice, on a temporary cover basis or by providing on-going support for your IP Teams. Please talk to us to discuss how we can help and to hear more about the hybrid support models we offer.
Our director’s qualifications and memberships
- Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
- European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
- Associated with Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) by virtue of membership with CITMA. We work closely with selected CIPA members
- Alumni member of The Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
Passion
Problem solving is our goal. We are passionate about making a difference and adding value.
Principles
Trust and Respect. We recognise hard work and reward creativity.
Personality
Confident, friendly and approachable. We listen to you and get things done!
Our promise
- Accessibility
- Walk you through
- The clock never ticks against our clients
- A friendly service and plenty of free advice until you are ready to proceed
- We listen to you and work is done quickly and efficiently
- Transparency – There will be no surprises in fees
We have the skill in handling complex IP issues gained from our technical and in-house expertise in having visibility to senior management and stakeholders and working alongside them in voluminous and fast-paced environments with changing priorities in consumer facing industries with high level regulatory pressures. We are not generic in our advice and we do not sit on the fence. We tell you exactly what would be the best course of action in your circumstances and show you how to manoeuvre around conflict IP rights.
We leverage both our technical know-how and in-house counsel expertise so you benefit from a commercial acumen which will be targeted to your specific industry and interests. Our advice is focused and bespoke to your particular needs.
We can help you achieve:
- Strategy
- Efficiency
- Cost effectiveness
- Entrepreneurial solutions to your IP challenges