Shireen Smith

Hi, my name is Shireen Smith. I founded Azrights, an Intellectual Property and Internet law firm.

The aim behind this blog is to produce information and news about trade marks, copyright, internet marketing, social networking, search engine optimization, protection of reputations and brands on the internet, using our perspective as lawyers specializing in this area.

The aim is to be relevant to SME businesses and to write copy that non lawyers will want to read.  We hope to provide a holistic perspective – crossing the boundaries between disciplines – and to avoid being purely legally focused as there are already many excellent Intellectual Property blogs that write about the law for experts in the field.

We will draw for inspiration and news from these existing Intellectual Property blogs, but our approach will bring together insights from other disciplines too, including entrepreneurship.

As someone who has started and is growing a business, I share with our target audience an understanding of the needs of start up and growing businesses. For most businesses the internet is now of critical importance, and we hope to communicate information to help them understand some of the legal aspects of doing business online.

We also aim to comment on the regulatory changes taking place in the legal landscape in the UK following the Legal Services Act. These changes will have wide ranging impact on all law firms, as well as on the consumers of legal services. We hope to develop a community of people who will engage in a dialogue with us and interact through the blog.