Our Intellectual Property solicitors are able to give you practical, commercial and cost-sensitive advice across a range of business sectors. Our IP solicitors also handle an extensive caseload of litigation in the English High Court, the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court and the European Courts, as well as the UK and European intellectual property offices.
We can assist you with:
Identifying, protecting and registering your intellectual property (including UK and international trade marks and designs) and ensuring you have appropriate contracts, policies and procedures in place.
Auditing your intellectual property portfolio and suggesting how it may be developed, identifying areas of risk and advising how protection can be enhanced.
Exploiting your intellectual property, including licensing or selling intellectual property to third parties, collaborating with the owners of complimentary products, and using your portfolio as an asset to add further value to your products or services.
Enforcing your intellectual property rights against third parties, investigating possible instances of intellectual property infringement and handling disputes to resolve claims as quickly as possible with a favourable outcome.
Our expertise includes:
- Confidential Information
- Copyright
- Defamation
- Design Rights
- Domains
- Passing Off
- Patents
- Privacy
- Trade Marks
Our intellectual property solicitors in Oxford, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Leicester, Manchester, Northampton and Norwich, are always on hand to answer any questions you may have.

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We are a signatory to the Greener Litigation Pledge which means, amongst other things, that we take all reasonable steps to reduce our environmental footprint and greenhouse gas emissions.
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