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Dundas & Wilson CS LLP’s IP practice has particular strength in academic technology transfer and life sciences. In 2011, the team was appointed as the exclusive IP adviser to the James Hutton Institute. Clients praise the ‘excellent response times’, and ‘the key partners in particular have very good knowledge’. Laurence Ward leads the team.

Pinsent Masons LLP has a strong offering in this area, having gained a ‘knowledgeable and responsive’ team from McGrigors LLP. The team recently acted for Wireline Engineering in bringing a petition in the Court of Session relating to possible copyright infringement and breach of confidentiality by a third-party competitor. Senior associates Chris Martin and David Woods are the names to note.

Shepherd and Wedderburn won new clients BBC Scotland and IMG Media in 2011. An ‘impressive’ team, it is led by Paul Carlyle, and shows ‘expertise, consummate professionalism and the personal touch’. Joanna Boag-Thomson ‘combines exceptional legal expertise with a strong grasp of commercial implications’.

Brodies LLP’s practice head Grant Campbell is ‘excellent with clients’. The practice was reinforced by the recruitment of accredited specialists Gill Grassie and Robert Buchan from Maclay Murray & Spens LLP.

Burness LLP’s client list includes Red Bull, Harris Tweed and Highland Spring. Practice head David Goodbrand is ‘a safe pair of hands’, and Colin Hulme ‘provides the highest-calibre service’.

DLA Piper Scotland LLP’s IP team, which is ‘very high quality’, recently defended a claim for damages by Haptogen relating to a patent licence with a Spanish research consortium. Practice head John McKinlay and director Callum Sinclair are recommended.

DWF Biggart Baillie’s IP team acted for a number of international agrochemical suppliers in patent infringement proceedings against a number of Chinese suppliers; and gained new clients including Hendrix Genetics and Clarity Marketing Agency. Colin Miller heads the practice.

Maclay Murray & Spens LLP provides ongoing IP advice to Pringle of Scotland, and other clients include Polaroid Eyewear and Integrated Environmental Solutions. Alison Bryce is an accredited specialist in IP law.

McClure Naismith LLP advised AEGON Asset Management UK on a global rebranding exercise. Other clients include the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and Kames Capital. Euan Duncan heads the practice.

Simon Brown leads Anderson Strathern’s team, which includes Katrina Lumsdaine, Leigh Davidson and senior solicitor Shona Tennant, who impress clients with ‘their professionalism, breadth of knowledge, practical advice and approachability’.

Lindsays has a focus on IP work for universities, such as the University of Edinburgh. David Wood leads the team.

MacRoberts LLP’s team is ‘always able to answer questions promptly and to provide appropriate advice’. Practice head David Flint and newly promoted partner Valerie Surgenor are recommended.

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