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

74,000

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 74,000 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

Chemicals, materials and resources

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Colour Tone Masterbatch Ltd

A masterstroke in plastic recycling

We secured global patent protection for a new black colourant for plastics which will enable more to be recycled using infrared sorting technology.

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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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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 masterstroke in plastic recycling

A full house for Mr Bingo

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

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Our people

News and insights

Blog

Recent Tweets

05-03-2019

Women in IP — join our global networking event on 4 April

You're invited to our global networking event all about improving diversity in the IP industry.

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Events

14-01-2019

Deal or no deal — how will trade marks work after Brexit?

We break down the government's new 'TM Exit Regulations', set to come into play on 'Brexit day'.

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Industry news

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