European and British patents - filing, prosecution, oppositions

European and British trade marks - filing, prosecution, oppositions

Euoprean and British designs - filing, prosecution, invalidity

Due Diligence

Infringement Opinions

Renewals

IP Valuation

Translations

Professional Drawings

IP Insurers

The services of our core business relating to patents, designs, trade marks and copyright are set out below. However, if you would like us to consider providing any other IP related services, including those outlined above, then please let us know. We have a good working relationship with local and London based IP solicitors, and have knowledge of IP insurers, translation and drawing companies that we are happy to recommend.

We are primarily a full service generalist patent attorney firm offering representation before the European and UK Patent Offices, and internationally before WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation). We can also arrange patent filings through foreign attorneys throughout the world.

We are able to advise on any area of patent law, including:

• Patentability
• Due Diligence
• Pre-application searching
• Patent drafting, filing, and amendment through to grant
• Validity
• Infringement
• Revocation
• Entitlement
• Licences and assignments and recordal
• Opposition before the European Patent Office (opposing and defending).

For more information on Patents, please click here.

We are European design attorneys and we represent our clients before the European Designs Registry and the UK Designs Registry. We can also arrange design filings through foreign attorneys throughout the world.

We are able to advise on any area of design law, including:

• Registrability
• Searching
• Design filing
• Validity
• Infringement
• Revocation
• Licences and assignments and recordal.

For more information on Designs, please click here.

We represent our clients before the UK Trade Marks Registry, and internationally (Madrid Protocol) before the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). We also assist in preparing applications before the Community Trade Mark Office (OHIM) in Alicante, but do not, at present represent clients directly before OHIM.

We are able to advise on any area of Trade Mark law, including:

• Registrability
• Trade Mark watching
• Searching
• Filing
• Infringement
• Revocation
• Opposition before the UK Registry
• Revocation and Invalidity
• Advice regarding the common law tort of Passing Off
• Licences and assignments and recordal.

For more information on Trade Marks, please click here.

We are most usually asked to advise in the category of "artistic work", because this can overlap with unregistered design right. We advise on copyright issues on a case by case basis, and we kindly ask you to telephone us if you have an enquiry relating to copyright. For an overview of UK Law, please click here.

For more information on Copyright, please click here.

• Patent, Design, Copyright and Trade Mark portfolio management and audits
• Patent, Design and Trade Mark renewals.