IP Protection

Designs, Trade marks and Patent Protection we do it all. We provide the most suitable form of IP protection for you, not the most expensive.

Overview

IP is the overreaching term used to describe legal protection for the creations of the mind. There are a variety of different IP protection that exist, and they are not all independent from one another. The ones you may have heard of include trade marks, patents and designs, and together, we can help you to use your ideas to develop and manage your brand and achieve your long term business goals.

Patents

Securing protection for an invention can be a complex process for businesses and individuals alike. We strive to seamlessly fit into your business like a part of your in-house team to guide you and ensure you get the most effective patent protection for your needs.

Our attorneys also provide services such as invention harvesting where we audit your company’s innovations and harvest patentable inventions to form a strong patent portfolio. We also enjoy meeting individuals who have produced new inventions and are seeking guidance to protect and commercialise their idea. We offer you a full range of patent attorney services before the UK and European Patent Offices and can also assist in navigating the often confusing and convoluted process in all other jurisdictions around the world. Our services include:

  • Drafting Applications

  • Prosecuting of Applications (i.e. responding to official actions)

  • Enforcement & Defence of Patents

  • Freedom-to-Operate Searches

Trade Marks

Trade marks are commonly associated with brands. We understand that your brand is what makes you unique. Trade marks are essential tools in building your brand’s reputation and we recognise their commercial importance and value and, together, we will help you to make the most of them.

But how do you register a trade mark? This is where we come in! From searching, drafting and filing to maintaining your trade mark; wherever in the world it may be; we can help you every step of the way and help to build your brand with you. We offer upfront fixed prices to protect your ideas around the world. By tailoring our services to meet your needs, we will provide you with specialist help and advice to enable you to make the most from your ‘pure ideas’. Our services include:

  • Clearance Searches

  • Specification Drafting

  • Oppositions

  • Global Filing Strategy Advice

Patents

Securing protection for an invention can be a complex process for businesses and individuals alike. We strive to seamlessly fit into your business like a part of your in-house team to guide you and ensure you get the most effective patent protection for your needs.

Our attorneys also provide services such as invention harvesting where we audit your company’s innovations and harvest patentable inventions to form a strong patent portfolio. We also enjoy meeting individuals who have produced new inventions and are seeking guidance to protect and commercialise their idea. We offer you a full range of patent attorney services before the UK and European Patent Offices and can also assist in navigating the often confusing and convoluted process in all other jurisdictions around the world. Our services include:

  • Drafting Applications

  • Prosecuting of Applications (i.e. responding to official actions)

  • Enforcement & Defence of Patents

  • Freedom-to-Operate Searches

Trade Marks

Trade marks are commonly associated with brands. We understand that your brand is what makes you unique. Trade marks are essential tools in building your brand’s reputation and we recognise their commercial importance and value and, together, we will help you to make the most of them.

But how do you register a trade mark? This is where we come in! From searching, drafting and filing to maintaining your trade mark; wherever in the world it may be; we can help you every step of the way and help to build your brand with you. We offer upfront fixed prices to protect your ideas around the world. By tailoring our services to meet your needs, we will provide you with specialist help and advice to enable you to make the most from your ‘pure ideas’. Our services include:

  • Clearance Searches

  • Specification Drafting

  • Oppositions

  • Global Filing Strategy Advice

Designs

Designs are an often-overlooked form of IP protection. Where patents protect how something works and trade marks protect a brand, designs protect the appearance of a product and can be a cheaper, more immediate, form of protection.

By protecting your creations, we can help you to ensure you reap the benefit and prevent others from using and benefiting from your designs. From thought to paper, we specialise in helping you prepare views for your design application and work with you in enforcing or defending your registered design in the UK or EU.

Additionally, we can advise you on any automatic unregistered rights you may have including unregistered design rights and copyright, and how these can be utilised against a competitor or as a defence. Our services include:

Our Design Services

  • Pre-filing Image/View Advice

  • Preparation of Images/Views For Applications

  • Global Filing Strategy Advice