David Ives
Partner; David’s practice covers Intellectual Property, Technology, Outsourcing, and Sport. He is the firm’s Head of Intellectual Property and advises on IP protection, exploitation and enforcement, including a particular focus on franchising and sponsorship agreements. He also advises on strategic technology, telecoms and business process sourcing and on software licensing and development agreements, and is an active member of the firm’s Commercial Contracts advisory team. · Slaughter and May
About
David Ives is a partner at Slaughter and May and Head of Intellectual Property; he joined the firm in 1999 and has been a partner since 2009. His practice covers Intellectual Property, Technology, Outsourcing and Sport, advising on IP protection, exploitation and enforcement (including franchising and sponsorship agreements), strategic technology and telecoms sourcing, software licensing and development, and commercial contracts.