Blake Morgan LLP handles a range of contentious and non-contentious IP work for public/third and private sector clients, including a growing number within the media and retail sector. Team head Lee Fisher is well-versed across the bandwidth of "hard" and "soft" IP and leverages his broader commercial litigation smarts to good effect on behalf of clients bringing or defending claims, including in injunctive proceedings. Praised for her 'responsive, efficient, and highly professional' service senior associate Joanna Corbett-Simmons also continues to gain a strong reputation among public and private sector clients, particularly in relation to misuse of confidential information and infringement of copyright, trade marks and design rights.

The ‘personable, friendly and focused’ team at Capital Law Limited provides ‘solutions-focused‘ advice to a private sector focused client base, including tech companies and those in the creative industries, seeking to commercialise and to protect/enforce their IPR. On the litigation front, the firm is particularly adept at handling contentious trade mark and copyright matters, where its willingness to provide a flexible approach to fees ensures that smaller companies/individuals are able to realistically bring claims against clients with much deeper pockets. Senior associate Kellsey Logue  continues to flourish on the non-contentious front, including on behalf of tech companies seeking to commercialise their IPR.

Led by the 'vastly experienced and accomplished' Michael Lindsey, Geldards LLP has a particularly strong reputation representing public and private sector clients in trade mark, copyright, design right and passing off disputes. In this regard, Lindsey recently settled a long-running multi-jurisdictional copyright infringement case on behalf of the Welsh government which involved the co-ordination of legal teams based in the US and Europe. Associate Gosia Evans was also involved in this matter and is noted for her international IP expertise. On the non-contentious front, Christopher Williams has considerable experience advising manufacturing, healthcare and transport clients on the exploitation and licensing of IP.

Led by Cordelia Payne, who splits her time between the firm’s Cardiff and London offices, Acuity Law handles a range of non-contentious and contentious IP matters, including on the licensing/commercialisation of IPR, trade mark/passing off claims, and data protection/privacy matters for entrepreneurs, SMEs and larger corporates. As well as providing advice on a standalone basis, many smaller clients, in particular, utilise the firm’s Acuity Counsel Service and its newly launched Reputation Management service, affording them cost-effective ongoing advice on a monthly retainer basis.

Led by Matthew Gough , 'a genuine legal heavyweight', Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP's sweet spot lies in its non-contentious IP work for Wales and England-based clients, including those in the retail and financial services sectors. A significant amount of this work relates to IPR-related contractual work (including on licensing agreements) as well as IP-related auditing work pursuant to transactions handled by the corporate group. Eve England  is the other partner in the group and is 'brilliant' at handling IP issues in the digital space, in particular.

Now headed by David Beynon, following his arrival from Geldards LLP in September 2021, Harrison Clark Rickerbys continues to enhance its visibility in the market, particularly for transactional/commercial IP matters. Beynon, who  is well-versed at advising healthcare/life sciences and tech-focused clients on the exploitation/commercialisation of their IPR, joins Nicola McNeely, who dispenses ‘practical and commercially sensible solutions’ to clients, including on cutting-edge IP matters relating to blockchain and digital assets.

Benefiting from 'huge IP expertise' across a number of Hugh James' practice groups, including corporate/commercial and litigation, provides 'clear and concise' advice to a range IP-rich clients from the gaming, sport and fintech sectors. Formerly in-house at Welsh broadcaster S4C, team head Aled Walters  has a 'deep understanding' of IP and rights-related issues impacting media clients, in particular. 'Affable and tactically astute' commercial litigator Tracey Singlehurst-Ward is a key contact for clients engaged in IP disputes and has a strong track record in relation to copyright and trade mark infringements, breach of confidence and passing off.