Universities and academic institutions generate cutting-edge research and innovation. Protecting that ingenuity, managing it effectively and translating it into real-world impact requires specialist intellectual property support that understands both academic priorities and commercial realities.
We act before the UK Intellectual Property Office and European Patent Office on all administrative and contentious matters and work with universities, research organisations and academics having domestic and international requirements.
As a full-service firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys with over 100 years of experience advising on intellectual property, we can support the full lifecycle of academic innovation all the way from an initial idea through to official registration of the manifested output.
Our patent team works across sectors including life sciences, engineering, digital technologies and materials science. Our trade mark team protects and enforces brand names that are applied commercially to creativity.
From protecting inventions and managing IP portfolios to supporting licensing, collaboration agreements and spin-out companies, our advice is practical, clear and geared for academic objectives. We understand the pressures around publication, funding, knowledge exchange and commercialisation and we help you balance these demands without unnecessary complexity or jargon.
