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, 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.

We are primarily a full service generalist patent attorney firm offering representation before the UK Patent Office, the European Patent Office 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
• 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 for information on Patents, please click here.

We are European design attorneys and we represent our clients before the UK Designs Registry and the Community 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.