Intellectual
Property
Services
We protect and maximise the value of your ideas, creations, and brand assets through strategic, effective, and internationally aligned intellectual property solutions. From registration and portfolio management to enforcement and licensing, our team ensures your IP rights are fully secured and leveraged across Cyprus and global markets.
Strategic Management of Intellectual Assets
We provide comprehensive advice across the full life cycle of intellectual property, helping clients to create, protect, exploit, and enforce their rights with discretion and technical precision. Cyprus has become a leading jurisdiction for managing intellectual assets: its legal system is rooted in English common law, harmonised with EU directives, and fully aligned with international treaties. Combined with an advantageous tax environment, Cyprus offers a secure and efficient base for multinational groups, technology companies, and brand owners seeking to safeguard and commercialise their innovations on a global scale.
The Cyprus IP Box Regime
A key attraction for international businesses is Cyprus’s IP Box, one of the most competitive regimes in Europe. Qualifying IP assets—such as patents, software, and other innovative rights—benefit from an 80% exemption on profits, leading to an effective corporate tax rate of just 2.5%, provided the rights are linked to genuine research and development activities.
Marketing-related IP such as trademarks are excluded, ensuring compliance with OECD standards. In practice, the regime allows companies to centralise ownership of their intellectual property in Cyprus, reduce the global tax burden on licensing and royalty flows, and reinvest more of their revenues into further innovation.
Ownership and structuring
We advise clients on structuring the ownership and licensing of intellectual property through Cyprus, including the use of Cyprus IP holding and licensing entities.
This may involve transferring IP rights to a Cyprus company, ensuring that substance and governance requirements are met, and documenting intra-group licensing arrangements so they can withstand scrutiny.
Working alongside tax advisers where appropriate, we help clients navigate the Cyprus IP Box framework and the jurisdiction’s wider treaty network from a legal perspective, while preserving the integrity and enforceability of their IP rights.
Leveraging and Defending Intellectual Property
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Commercialisation
Beyond holding structures, we assist with the commercial exploitation of intellectual property. We draft and negotiate licensing, franchising, and technology transfer agreements across industries ranging from technology and pharmaceuticals to retail and entertainment.
These agreements are tailored to protect the underlying assets while ensuring that revenue streams are clearly defined and enforceable. We pay close attention to territorial rights, quality controls, and competition law considerations, aligning contracts with both Cyprus law and EU regulations.
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Enforcement and protection
When disputes arise, we act decisively to protect our clients’ rights. Our litigation team has experience obtaining urgent injunctions before the Cyprus courts to halt infringing activity, including search and preservation (Anton Piller) orders and pursuing actions for trademark and design infringement, copyright violations, and misuse of confidential information and trade secrets. Where required, we coordinate with foreign counsel to achieve coherent results in cross-border campaigns against infringement
A boutique approach
We act for international clients who view Cyprus as both a protective jurisdiction and a strategic hub for intellectual property management. Where appropriate, we draw on trusted associates to provide complementary technical and tax expertise, ensuring seamless service. Our objective is straightforward: to preserve and maximise the value of intellectual property, combining the advantages of the Cyprus IP Box with effective structuring, diligent protection, and strategic enforcement.