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A patent is essentially a commercial tool to help an innovator to exploit an innovation. It helps keep the competition at bay while a new product or process is established in the market place. It can be the basis of a licence agreement providing the owner with royalties when someone else exploits the invention.

Trademarks/brands are important for most businesses. They are a vital tool for a successful company, and can become valuable assets - many companies have been sold on the strength of their brands alone. Choosing the right brand is key. We can help you select a brand which will help you build your business, and can carry out clearance investigations to make sure that your chosen brand is free for you to use. We can handle the registration of your trade mark in any country of the world, and we will then look after the maintenance of that registration for as long as the brand remains important to your company. It is important to get advice before you commit yourself to a particular brand, otherwise you could end up wasting money on the wrong brand.

REGISTERED DESIGNS The appearance of products can be important to their commercial success. Good design does not come cheap, and to protect your investment you need to make the most of your intellectual property rights. Limited protection against exact copying is afforded by unregistered design right, but the scope of protection can be greatly extended by registering the design. Design registration is relatively cheap and quick, and can provide valuable protection alongside other rights such as patents and trademarks. We can advise on the best way to protect your designs and can handle all stages, from the preparation of formal representations of the designs through to registration and enforcement of your rights, or licensing others to use your designs. Registration can be obtained in the UK or for the whole of the European Community. Many countries around the world provide protection for designs, and we can help you wherever your products need to be protected. Making the Best of Your IPR in a Recession When things get tight, we all have to look for ways to maximise profits and avoid wa... Read More... Changes to UK Trade Marks Oppositions In a recent revision to the Trade Marks Rules in the UK, the period allowed for thir... Read More…

Information for our Associates We are a specialist firm handling the filing and prosecution of patents, trademarks and designs in the UK and in the relevant European offices (European Patent Office and OHIM, the European Community Trademarks and Designs Office). We aim to provide a competitive fee schedule and are happy to provide quotations for specified work. We want to build long-term relationships rather than maximise short-term billing.