Thinking Beyond Expertise
CWB operates as a super-regional intellectual property firm providing consistent execution and compliance across more than 100 emerging markets through three distinct operating models tailored for IP owners, IP software & service providers, and IP & law firms. The firm delivers five specialist service lines, including trade marks & copyright, patents & designs, anti-counterfeiting & enforcement, IP maintenance & renewals, and IP translation services, managed via a centralised governance and technology infrastructure.
One Firm. Three Ways to Engage.
Global intellectual property work does not fit one model. Some clients need one accountable partner for complex multi-jurisdictional portfolios. Some platforms need a reliable execution layer beneath their technology. Some law firms and IP firms need a trusted operating backbone behind their client relationship. CWB is built to serve all three. Across every model, clients and partners benefit from the same foundation: one integrated firm, one operating model, and one technology, governance, compliance and quality framework across the world's most challenging IP jurisdictions.
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IP OWNERS
Managing IP portfolios across emerging markets often means fragmented providers, uneven quality, limited visibility and high coordination cost. CWB replaces that fragmentation with one accountable operating model. Global IP owners can manage rights across 100+ jurisdictions through one relationship, one integrated team and one centrally governed delivery framework. Local expertise remains where it matters. Standards, workflows, compliance and accountability are controlled centrally.
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IP & LAW FIRMS
Law firms and IP firms are often asked to support clients in jurisdictions where execution, compliance and quality control are difficult to manage through traditional correspondent networks. CWB operates behind the firm as a coordinated execution and governance layer. The firm retains the client relationship and advisory role. CWB manages regional delivery, local coordination, compliance controls, reporting and quality oversight. The firm can extend its reach while protecting client trust, professional standards and commercial control.
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IP PLATFORMS & AGGREGATORS
Platforms are strongest at aggregation, orchestration, workflow and visibility. The hardest part is reliable execution in high-variance jurisdictions. CWB works beneath the platform as a jurisdictional execution and compliance layer. The platform retains the client relationship, interface and data layer. CWB manages local execution, confirmations, compliance controls, exceptions and quality governance. The result is scalable emerging-market capability without forcing the platform to build or manage local infrastructure jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
All 3 engagement models powered by 4 pillars.
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Technology
Renaissance connects the systems, data and workflows supporting service delivery across CWB. Jarvis introduces governed intelligence into approved processes, helping our teams coordinate work, manage information and deliver consistently across jurisdictions.
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Governance
One operating model, central standards, defined escalation routes and clear accountability.
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Compliance
CWB's Integrity Framework supports how we accept clients and matters, manage conflicts, address financial crime and sanctions risk, protect information, oversee third parties and govern the responsible use of technology and AI. Common controls, defined responsibilities and clear escalation routes help us deliver services consistently across diverse legal and regulatory environments.
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Quality
Standardised workflows, review points, audit trails and central oversight designed to deliver consistent international-standard quality across complex jurisdictions.
One integrated practice. Five specialist service lines.
Whichever model a client or partner engages through, the underlying work is the same. CWB delivers five specialist service lines across 100+ jurisdictions, each run as a dedicated practice with its own operating logic, quality standards and deadline discipline. This single block of practice content serves all three engagement models, it is not duplicated per model.
Trade marks & Copyright
CWB protects and enforces brand assets across 100+ jurisdictions: from clearing a new mark to registering it, defending it, and keeping ownership records accurate as portfolios evolve. Every step is run through standardised workflows, so brand owners get the same standard of protection in every market.
Availability searches & clearance
Pre-filing searches and clearance advice to assess registrability and avoid conflicts before a mark is adopted or filed.
Filings
National, regional and Madrid (international) trade mark applications, prepared and filed to meet local requirements across all covered jurisdictions.
Prosecution
Managing applications through to registration, including responding to office actions, examination reports and official objections.
Oppositions & disputes
Oppositions, cancellations, appeals and contentious proceedings to challenge or defend a mark before IP offices and tribunals.
Renewals
Trade mark renewals processed across jurisdictions to keep registered marks in force, run jointly with our dedicated IP Renewals & Maintenance practice.
Recordals
Recording assignments, licences, mergers and changes of name or address to keep ownership and register details current, run jointly with the IP Renewals & Maintenance practice.
Copyright
Advisory support alongside the protection, enforcement, registration, and deposit of creative works where locally applicable.
Patents & Designs
CWB secures and maintains protection for inventions and industrial designs in technically and procedurally demanding jurisdictions. Filings and prosecution are handled by specialists and supported centrally, ensuring technical accuracy and strict deadline discipline wherever the work is done.
Application drafting & preparation
Drafting and preparation of patent specifications, claims and drawings, including new and PCT/priority applications, tailored to each jurisdiction's technical and formal requirements.
Filings
National, regional and PCT national-phase patent applications, prepared and filed in compliance with all local formal and technical requirements.
Prosecution
Managing the examination process through to grant, including responses to examination reports and substantive office actions.
Validations
Validating granted patents (e.g. regional grants) into individual jurisdictions to bring protection into force locally.
Industrial designs
Registration and protection of industrial designs, including filings, prosecution and renewals.
Recordals
Recording assignments, changes of ownership, licences and other register updates to maintain an accurate chain of title, run jointly with our dedicated IP Renewals & Maintenance practice.
Annuity payments
Annuity and maintenance-fee payments, run jointly with the IP Renewals & Maintenance practice.
Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement
CWB defends rights both on the ground and online by combining local investigators, strategic law enforcement partnerships, and coordinated legal action to disrupt counterfeiting and infringement. Enforcement is centrally governed, ensuring evidence, escalation and outcomes are handled to a consistent standard across all markets.
Investigations & surveillance
Market investigations, test purchases and ongoing surveillance to identify counterfeiters, infringers and supply routes.
Customs & border enforcement
Customs recordals and border-measure applications to detain and seize infringing goods at points of entry.
Raids & seizures
Coordinating raids, seizures and joint actions with police, customs and government authorities.
Enforcement actions
Lodging complaints with regulatory authorities and pursuing administrative, civil and criminal enforcement proceedings against infringers through to resolution.
Online takedowns
Removal of infringing listings and content from marketplaces, platforms and websites.
Evidence & case building
Securing and preserving evidence and building enforcement case files to support successful administrative, civil and criminal action.
IP Renewals & Maintenance
CWB keeps IP rights alive, ensuring trade marks, patents, and designs are reliably maintained at scale and never lost to a missed date. Our centralised docketing tracks deadlines via automated systems and layered escalation, while every renewal instruction and confirmation is stored as an auditable record. We seamlessly coordinate local offices and agents where filing or payment must be made locally, delivering clear portfolio updates that provide complete visibility into your entire asset lifecycle.
Renewals
Trade mark, patent and design renewals filed across jurisdictions to keep registered rights in force.
Annuity payments
Payment of annuities and maintenance fees to the relevant offices within statutory deadlines.
Recordals
Recording assignments, licences, mergers and changes of name or address to keep ownership and register details current.
Restorations & reinstatements
Restoring lapsed rights and making late payments within available grace and restoration periods to bring registrations back into force.
Lingua
Lingua is CWB's dedicated IP translation service, delivering technically and legally accurate translations that support the filing and enforcement of IP rights across different jurisdictions and regions. Lingua combines subject-matter specialists with translation technology and mandatory human review checkpoints, producing quality-reviewed output across multiple language pairs, scaled to filing volumes, so terminology and quality stay consistent across languages and jurisdictions.
Patent & technical translation
Translation of patent specifications and technical documents by subject-matter-qualified linguists.
Trade mark & legal translation
Translation of trade mark, legal and contractual documents for prosecution and enforcement use.
Certified translations
Certified and official translations meeting local filing and evidentiary requirements.
Terminology & classification
Nice Classification support and terminology controls to ensure accurate, consistent goods-and-services descriptions across all target languages.