Intellectual Property Solicitors

Not all lawyers – and not even all IP lawyers – are the same.  Our intellectual property lawyers include specialist IP solicitors; but also Chartered and European Patent Attorneys.  This means we are able to help businesses acquire, protect, exploit and enforce every kind of IP right: patents, trade marks and designs.  So whether you are securing ownership of an innovation (such as a new technology, a brand or an E-Commerce idea) you have developed, transacting with or licensing IP rights to realise or create commercial value, or responding to infringement, we provide advice that reflects your wider business goals. 

We are experienced in getting results, whether in acting for those wanting to protect their rights or those accused of infringement, we will deal with the matter all the way from an initial letter of complaint regarding an infringement of a right, through to the conclusion of a trial.

Full-service intellectual property advice

Our team provides all of the key services across the full IP lifecycle: acquiring registrable rights to protect technological innovation, brands, and designs; exploiting rights through licensing and other commercial arrangements; and enforcing rights when disputes arise. We also advise businesses facing allegations of infringement.

Our services deal with issues in connection with:

• Applying for and securing grant of patents
• Registering trade marks
• Registering designs
• Advice in connection with copyright, confidential information and know-how
• Buying, selling and licensing rights
• Enforcing rights (including through actions in passing off)
• Securing for clients the continuing ability to exploit material they are using in the face of unjustified allegations of infringement

The team also has specialist expertise in advising on and litigating in connection with:

• Competition law
• Reputation management, defamation and malicious falsehood (including online reputation management)

With experience acting for businesses of all sizes, our client base ranges from established businesses and entrepreneurs to growing brands and emerging start-ups across sectors including manufacturing, life sciences, healthcare, technology and professional services.

Protecting your intellectual property across borders

Intellectual property is territorial.  Rights are largely national in nature and the enforcement of them likewise. 

Our advisers develop tailored international IP strategies, helping businesses secure and maintain protection across the markets in which they operate and plan to grow.

Unified patent court

Our Chartered and European Patent Attorneys are representatives before the Unified Patent Court and are therefore admitted to act in connection with multi-jurisdictional enforcement actions for patents granted by the Euopean Patent Office.

Meet our UK and European Patent Attorneys