Patent and trade mark attorneys The Regions
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Split between Birmingham, London, Southampton and Cambridge, Barker Brettell LLP recruited three new partners to its patent team in 2008 including Ashley Dickson and Carl Yelland. The practice advised Tom-Tom Sat Nav, Compass Group and Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2008.
Boult Wade Tennant is an ‘excellent firm’ known for its ‘quality of work’. Nigel Tucker, Matthew Spencer and Felicity Hide were appointed to the partnership in March 2009. Patent work for Motorola and LG Electronics, amongst others, is handled from the Reading office. Clients include Kraft Foods.
Jonathan Jackson and Robert Dempster were appointed as partners in D Young & Co’s Southampton office in 2008, where many of the firm’s electronics and mechanics portfolios are handled. For example, Jackson, formerly an in-house patent attorney at Sony, handles a proportion of its patent portfolio. Nigel Robinson also handles the ARM portfolio from Southampton.
Frank B. Dehn & Co.’s Brighton office hosts the largest team outside London and handles work for an impressive array of clients, including Bristol-Myers Squibb and Blackberry (which recently instructed Joseph Letang). The firm is also active in Oxford, where Medtronic is a key client. Christopher Davies is ‘well respected’ in the field.
Marks & Clerk LLP has 12 offices across the UK in the South, the Midlands, the North and Scotland, and further expanded following the merger with the Lloyd Wise Group at the end of 2007. The Manchester office handles work for Renovo, AstraZeneca and ImClone Systems, while Cellartis is a new client acquisition secured by the life sciences team in Scotland in 2008.
Out of its Leeds headquarters, Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP’s Simon Belcher has handled medical device patent filings for Johnson & Johnson, while Neil Pawlyn filed several patents for DNA analysis for the Forensic Science Service. Andrew Alton has continued to handle Apple Inc’s European patent protection work. The practice also started co-ordinating an environmental technology group for clients out of its Peterborough office at the end of 2008.
Bolstered by the arrival of associate Stuart Latham in March 2008, Withers & Rogers continues to go from strength to strength. Notable new client wins for the firm’s Bristol and Leamington Spa offices include Apple Inc. David Elsy has ‘very good knowledge and understanding of polymer chemistry’, while Russell Barton is also recommended.
At Abel & Imray, Bath-based partner Jim Denness is a chartered chemist, while Ceris Humphreys, who is also based in Bath, has overall responsibility for work in the biotechnology and chemical areas. Her patent clients include Tate & Lyle and the BOC Group.
‘Business acumen and industrial knowledge is usefully above average’ at Elkington and Fife LLP. Dr Richard Gillard is ‘good’ and ‘quick to understand complex issues’.
Outside London, Harrison Goddard Foote HGF has offices in Manchester and Leeds. The Manchester office was bolstered by the recent recruitment of Andrew Wells, formerly an in-house patent attorney, and Dominic Schiller, who joined from IP 21 Limited. Jason Lumber in the Leeds office is a qualified solicitor.
Mewburn Ellis LLP recruited Simon Parry to its Manchester office in April 2008. University clients include Aston University and the University of Glasgow, while in the pharmaceuticals sector KuDOS Pharmaceuticals is another major client portfolio. The firm is one of the few practices in the market to have a team of in-house specialist lawyers handling a range of matters including licensing and technology transfer.
One of the biggest recent developments for Murgitroyd & Co incorporating Kennedys was the acquisition of Raworth, Moss & Cook in January 2009. This absorption meant the London office acquired new partners Stephen Wise and Graham Feakins, in addition to Michael Marchant who joined from Mathys & Squire LLP. Recent highlights include the revocation of a patent relating to methods of dealing with gratuities in credit transactions.
Potter Clarkson LLP boasts impressive strength and depth, with some 15 patent partners and two trade mark partners based in one office in Nottingham. The practice has handled Heptares’ patent portfolio since the end of 2007, while Nokia and Novo Nordisk are examples of older clients of the firm. Other recent highlights include filing supplementary protection certificates for GlaxoSmithKline’s Human Papillomavirus vaccines. Dr Saiful Khan and Stephen Smith were promoted to the partnership in 2008 and David Clark joined as a senior associate.
Reddie & Grose’s Cambridge office is a scientific stronghold, with consultant Dr Jonathan Davies, who specialises in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and Dr Neil Thornton, based there. Dr Simon Goodman, also based in Cambridge, handles materials science and trade mark matters. Highlights included securing a £40m investment to develop a clinical trial drug for Addex, and working on the global protection of the first over-the-counter chlamydia test.
Appleyard Lees is based in Halifax, with 11 UK offices located in the North West.
Chapman Molony’s head office is in Winchester, with additional offices in Cardiff and Leamington Spa. Haemair, Cyden and Plum Baby were new clients for the firm in 2008. Other recent highlights include developing a patent strategy for Mamas & Papas.
Franks & Co Limited has offices in Sheffield, Manchester and Leeds.
HLBBshaw has offices in Leeds, Birmingham, Cambridge, Reading, and Epping, as well as London. It handles patent and trade mark prosecution work, and is also active in European patent opposition and appeal proceedings and UK-based litigation.
IP 21 Ltd has offices in London, Norwich and Ipswich.
Based in J A Kemp & Co’s Oxford office, Amanda Simons was promoted to partner in April 2008. Sony is a major client advised from the Oxford office.
Mathys & Squire LLP’s regional offering encompasses offices in Cambridge, Manchester, Reading and York. The Manchester office was recently strengthened by the recruitment of Jane Evenson and Toby Simpson, from Page White & Farrer and Harrison Goddard Foote HGF respectively.
Rouse & Co. International covers patents, trade marks, copyright and design from its Oxford and London offices.
W P Thompson & Co’s 12 attorneys handle patent, trade mark, copyright and design matters. The firm has offices in Liverpool, London, Letchworth and Munich.
With offices in Manchester, Birmingham and London, Wilson Gunn’s 25 attorneys include UK and European registered patent and trade mark attorneys.