Intellectual property in North West

‘I have worked with Roy Crozier many times. Roy’s great strengths are his commerciality, pragmatism and approachability. Very easy and a pleasure to work with.’

‘This practice is straight-talking, pro-active and extremely skilled in all matters of IP, specifically anti-counterfeiting.’

‘Very experienced and good value for money. ’

‘Roy is a good communicator and very bright. He gets the job done in a very efficient way. Andrew Stone works hard to service clients.’ 

‘Roy Crozier is very experienced and nice to work with. He has a good sense of providing the right advise, very pragmatic.’

‘Communication and management of this case was the perfect example of a high class professional organization. All representatives were reliable, honesty and very responsive with all our communications. They guided us through the process flawlessly.’

‘The IP team has a broad breadth of skills and I found great expertise within to support a variety of patent filings. I have also found their advice on contractual matters to be most thorough particularly in respect of IP protection.’

‘We deal predominantly with Janet Knowles and Balvinder Matharu. I have worked with Janet for over 20 years across various businesses and have always found her advice to be of significant value in particular for high value contractual arrangements.’

‘Fantastic understanding of the needs of in-house clients: practical, pragmatic and non-theoretical approach. Good understanding of scientific aspects of client work.’

‘Great support from Michelle Davies in particular. Slots in seamlessly with in-house teams and advises in a clear and comprehensible manner. Explains legal matters in simple layman’s terms. Extremely flexible in terms of schedule. Calm but firm negotiation skills on behalf of client.’

‘Janet Knowles-highly experienced lawyer’

‘Good awareness and sensitivity to our preferred way of working. Good industry and sector knowledge.’

‘Antony Gold – Perceptive, responsive and grounded in practical risk.

‘John Battersby has made the daunting process of legal action so much more bearable. Giving a full and thorough assessment of my requirements and then creating a robust plan of action to ensure the best possible result, explaining all options along the way.’

‘Practical and pragmatic advice, well aware of importance of budget and urgency of matters.’

‘They are agile and keen, commercial and good for SMEs.’

‘Keen and enthusiastic, alert to improvement and the best deal for client.’

‘Brandsmiths has a strong core of solicitors to handle intellectual property litigation and dispute resolution. The team has grown this year by the addition of several new solicitors and support staff to diversify its offering to clients. The firm is forward-thinking in its approach to marketing, online content and client-care. It provides an informative website with access to video discussions on IP matters and current issues, including a focus on sports matters.’

‘Michael Forrester heads up the Manchester office. I have worked with Michael for several years, typically in matters where clients require IP litigation or commercial contract expertise. Michael is passionate about IP and fights hard to deliver results for the client. He is ultra-contactable and combines a personable manner with a strong knowledge of litigation strategy. Clients I have referred to Michael appreciate his clear, straightforward advice.’

‘DLA have large teams covering a wide variety of legal matters with office locations across the globe providing great international reach. As a global business we have operations in many different countries and DLA.’

‘DLA really take the time to get to know our internal team and understand our business, which enables them to better support us and act as a true extension of our in-house team. It also enables them to focus on the big picture and deliver pragmatic business solutions to complicated legal issues. Their lawyers are prepared to adopt a commercial approach when required and give us clear recommendations rather than simply laying out the options.’

‘Responsive, reasonable cost, willingness to state the complex point in simple commercial language.’

‘The team, led by Sean Caldwell, is very approachable and always on hand when needed. The advice received is both technically and commercially sound. They really understand what we are trying to achieve and help us to get there.’

‘Rachael Burke is a pleasure to work with. She is always quick to respond and her advice is clear and succinct. She is commercially astute and is a safe pair of hands in negotiations. I would not hesitate to recommend her to others.’

‘The team has a very good understanding of the clients need – they very quickly learn how the client want things to be done and what is important for the client. After a very short time I felt comfortable letting the team take the lead in the negotiations because they knew what my priorities was.’

‘James Lonsdale: To the point and extremely good at explaining complex challenges in a way that everyone understand. He also has a unique ability to come up with simple solutions in situations where challenges could easily be escalated.’

‘I would like to emphasis that Melanie McGuirk was amazing from our first meeting right to the conclusion of my case, during our first meeting she gave me hope in a situation which I had long since deemed a lost cause, she continually went above and beyond to assist me with a case which seemed it had little chance of success, Melanie was extremely empathetic to my situation and lack of available resources at the time, they continued to support and advise me over a 2 year period, securing a settlement against a formidable adversary. Of course a successful outcome is great, but I would recommend Pannone and especially Melanie McGuirk even if we had been unsuccessful.’

‘Excellent and highly professional service. Committed staff and they can see around corners and spot the flaws in complex and sometimes ground-breaking agreements. ’

‘Amy Chandler remains cool and insightful at all times and her team including Danielle Amor are just highly professional, intelligent and care about what they do.’

‘Flexibility, knowledge and adaptability to work across a wide range of IP issues. This has been both across domestic challenges as well as inter-territory/overseas challenges, such as trans-Atlantic agreements, involving the complexities of GDPR, individual overseas territory compliances (such as specific data and privacy requirements).’

‘Our main point of contact is partner Amy Chandler. We’ve worked with Amy for years. Amy is reliable, flexible and experienced and is our go to for all IP matters. She understands the nuts and bolts of our IP,  our business models, and can quickly pivot to understand any new sectors (and their considerations) our business evolves into, working closely with our senior team as to how to best address our IP considerations, on a wide-ranging and bespoke basis.’

‘The team give very pragmatic easy to understand advice in what is a very complex field. They were able to relay to our client our concerns over the protection of our IPR and reach an amicable agreement in the contract negotiation that suited both parties.’

‘Personal service, readily available. Amy Chandler handled our case exceptionally.’

‘Sarah Barazza – fantastic lawyer – great people/ client skills.‘

‘My impression is of an efficient, modern firm with good client service.’

‘Graeme Orchison. Very experienced and knowledgeable: knows all the tricks people can play in litigation and so does not fall for them.’

‘Graeme Orchison – Experienced, Well Liked, Great to work with.’

‘The senior members of the team (headed up by Graeme Orchison, the head of IP and the Manchester office) are experts in their field. They also have a fantastic route through the team to allow more junior members to gain experience and become experts themselves. They are a solid and reliable outfit.’

‘Graeme Orchison, the Partner and head of IP, is very well known in the IP field. His ability to apply aggressive litigation strategy together with commercial pragmatism both when appropriate is what makes Graeme and his team the leaders in this field.’

‘The team is extremely responsive and available to address any issues’

‘Graeme Orchison is the best lawyer you can hire for trademark enforcement. Practical and hands on approach to matters. You can’t go wrong with him.’

‘Graeme Orchison is a stand-out partner for IP, so much so that he is the reason why we started to use TLT in the first place.’

‘Brilliant understanding of the issues and cutting to the chase.’

‘Bruce Jones – never lets an issue be deferred, always considering and planning the right approach and being forthright in his assessment and opinions’

‘Friendliness, collaboration, expertise.’

‘Humna Nadim is always willing to help and think of different ways how to be of assistance in a case.’

‘Humna Nadim is a stand-out solicitor in the intellectual property team. She is personable, extremely knowledgeable and a clear communicator. I would not hesitate to refer clients to her. Humna is also proactive in organising IP seminars and events that are informative and facilitate networking and introductions.’

‘Gorvins are an excellent firm and I definitely recommend them to anyone based in the North West. They have a range of capabilities and a strong client ethos. ’

‘Christian Mancier consistently provides straight forward and clear advice to us. He is reliable and always able to simplify an issue providing advice in a clear and structured manner. ’

‘Guy Lightowler, has been excellent.’

‘Guy is prepared to really understand our concerns. He asks for all of the pertinent details to really assess the issue and then advises accordingly. His approach is a real-world one and not just a matter of law.‘