We help you obtain, protect and exploit your intellectual property.

We're a leading intellectual property firm, specialising in British, European and international patent, trade mark, design and copyright law, from strategy and protection through to litigation and dispute resolution.

Our firm

Globally, we’ve filed more than:

140,000

patents

73,000

trade marks

10,000

registered designs

  • Our services

    We advise clients on all aspects of British, European and international patent, trade mark, design and copyright law.

  • Patents

    We've filed more than 140,000 patents.

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  • Trade marks

    We've filed more than 73,000 trade marks.

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  • Designs

    We've filed more than 10,000 registered designs.

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  • Copyright

    Copyright protects a very broad range of what can be described as ‘creative’ activities.

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Our Clients

Case Study

Consumer and retail

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Mr Bingo

A full house for Mr Bingo

We found a creative, alternative way to resolve a copyright infringement dispute using the power of Instagram.

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Consumer and retail

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Lidl

Coming up against an infamous trade mark filer

Here’s what happened when we went up against a company with links to the infamous serial trade mark filer Michael Gleissner, on behalf of Lidl.

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Chemicals, materials and resources

Case Study

Floreon

A solution to the world’s packaging problem?

Plastic pollution is a major problem. Floreon might just have the solution. We secured European protection for its innovative degradable plastics.

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A full house for Mr Bingo

Coming up against an infamous trade mark filer

A solution to the world’s packaging problem?

Our people

Our people make our business great. Almost half have worked with us for over ten years. Meet our team...

London

Alison Simpson

Managing Partner

London

Dr Ian Atkinson

Senior Patent Attorney

Leeds

Dr Jenny Smith

Patent Assistant

Select a profile to view more detail or visit our people page to locate a specialist for you.

Our people

News and insights

Blog

Recent Tweets

08-01-2019

Deal or no deal — what happens to my intellectual property rights after Brexit?

Ahead of the 'meaningful vote', here's what will happen to all your IP rights once we leave the EU.

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Industry news

21-12-2018

IP and social media — a guide for content creators and meme sharers

Concerned about sharing memes, photos and videos on social media? Here's a guide to stay protected.

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Accreditations

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