Mewburn Ellis LLP > Manchester, England > Firm Profile
Mewburn Ellis LLP Offices
MANCHESTER ONE
53 PORTLAND STREET
MANCHESTER
M1 3LD
England
Mewburn Ellis LLP > The Legal 500 Rankings
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys Tier 1
Mewburn Ellis LLP’s ‘excellent team’ benefits from the firm’s strong geographical footprint; with offices in London, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, and Munich, the practice is able to seamlessly advise clients on UK and German patent filing and prosecution matters, in addition to opposition proceedings before the EPO. Manchester-based Graeme Moore leads the growing engineering and ICT group, while Bristol-based Simon Kiddle heads up the life sciences team, which is notable for its expertise in emerging technical areas, such as bioinformatics, advanced therapeutics, antibodies, and precision medicine. Jeremy Webster leads the chemistry group from Manchester, which handles a wide range of chemical innovation patents, from dyes, drugs, and catalysts, to composites, polymers, and pesticides. Biopharma specialist Robert Andrews remains as the firm’s first chief inclusion and diversity officer.Practice head(s):
Graeme Moore; Simon Kiddle; Jeremy Webster
Other key lawyers:
Robert Andrews; Julie Carlisle; Adam Gregory; Andrew Mears; Emma Graham; Dan Thornton; Paul Dunne; Callum McGuinn; Isobel Stone
Testimonials
‘Thorough team that often comes up with good suggestions.’
‘Mewburn Ellis has an excellent team that is highly adaptable, clear in communications, and efficient in delivery.’
‘Graeme Moore and Dan Thornton are stand-out lawyers.’
‘They have an excellent supporting network of expertise, both internally and externally.’
‘Isobel Stone is very close to the detail of her clients’ IP, its landscape, and objectives. She has an excellent grasp of the detail, and gives good, relevant advice.’
‘Mewburn Ellis has a large team of knowledgeable, experienced, hard-working, thorough, responsive, and approachable attorneys. They provide excellent client care, with regular check-ins to seek feedback on performance generally and on-going matters (which they take on board and action) and to stay on top of business developments and upcoming projects.’
‘They stand out from other firms in their familiarity with the technology area in which its clients operate and the effort they put into understanding clients’ business needs and tailoring their services to best support them.’
Key clients
Cambridge Enterprise
Creo Medical
Danisco US
DuPont
Genentech
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Karsten Manufacturing
Mitsubishi
Nerudia
Imperial Brands
Toray Industries
Zealand Pharma
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys Tier 1
With offices across London, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, and Munich, the trade mark practice at Mewburn Ellis LLP - led by London-based Andy King - is well-placed to offer a comprehensive European service and strategic brand management advice. The group works alongside the firm’s solicitors on the entire lifespan of trade mark work, from creation, registration, and enforcement, to disputes, portfolio management, and commercial matters. It is highly adept at handling a wide range of disputes, including oppositions, cancellations, revocations, domain disputes, and infringements before the UKIPO and EPO. Its client roster covers international brands, dynamic start-ups, universities, and research institutions. With demonstrable experience in acting for charities, Kate O’Rourke is a key name to note in the London office, which is also home to Andy King and Jacqueline Pang. Bristol-based Rebecca Anderson-Smith is a notable name in the pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare, and MedTech sectors.Practice head(s):
Andy King
Other key lawyers:
Kate O’Rourke; Jacqueline Pang; Rebecca Anderson-Smith; Claire Evans
Testimonials
‘Mewburn has advanced tools and good communication. The people there are excellent lawyers.’
‘Rebecca Anderson-Smith and Jacqueline Pang are great lawyers; very precise and always responding quickly with efficient solutions to any kind of IP matters.’
Key clients
Alliance Pharmaceuticals
Audi AG
Axon
Beauty Bay
Dechra
Dogs Trust
Foo Fighters
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC
Hallmark Cards
Crayola
In-N-Out Burgers
Intersnack
KP Snacks
Karsten
Lacoste
GANT
The Kooples
Modiano
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
Polsinelli
Sandvik
SB Alliance
Stryker
TauRx
The Estate of Whitney Houston
Thompson Coburn
Youngs Brewery
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property Tier 4
Mewburn Ellis LLP > Firm Profile
Mewburn Ellis is the forward-looking European IP firm. We are a business that puts our clients, our people, and our values at the heart of everything we do. It is what we believe makes us stand out in the IP community. We’re passionate about our clients and their businesses and how IP can help them achieve their goals and make a real difference to the world in which we live. We work with our clients as trusted advisors sharing their journey and playing a positive role. It’s important to us that our recommendations are relevant.
The firm continues to grow, and we are now over 330 strong and our experts are spread throughout our five offices in Europe – London, Bristol, Manchester, Cambridge, and Munich – we work at all stages of the IP life cycle and advise about patent, trade mark and registered designs, as well as any IP-related disputes and legal and commercial requirements. Our technical expertise spans the entire chemistry, materials, engineering, ICT, and life sciences fields. Our trade mark attorneys understand brands, their power and their importance and are the European trade mark attorneys of choice for a wide range of clients, from sole traders to well-known corporate clients as well as many high-ranking UK and foreign law firms. Our specialist IP lawyers work closely and seamlessly with our attorneys building multidisciplinary teams in order to leverage their exceptional technical know-how and to co-ordinate IP transaction and dispute resolution services. All our advice and support is given with a high degree of commercial understanding and pragmatism.
We are renowned in the profession for our successful track record in high value, complex and multi-party oppositions at the EPO. We have an exceptional track record at defending patents we have drafted and prosecuted ourselves. Our success rate in patent oppositions is so revered that companies often transfer responsibility for defending their patents to us during opposition even when we were not responsible for the original drafting or prosecuting the case.
Flexible in the way we work, we listen to our clients and adapt to fit their commercial objectives ensuring we are effective and efficient partners. Always client focused we deliver practical solutions designed to address whatever opportunity or challenge they face. We adapt and build multidisciplinary teams based on our client’s specific needs, harnessing the unique combination of IP expertise that we possess across the firm to provide a unified approach and maximum benefit to our clients. Our clients scored us 9/10 for outstanding service delivery and overall satisfaction (client Satisfaction survey carried out by Acritas part of Thomson Reuters) and more than a third of our clients have worked with us for over 20 years.
Mewburn Ellis is leading the way, embracing change and growth, doing it well and with a focus on high quality. We have applied these same principles to inclusion and diversity (I&D) and sustainability. We are committed to not only evolving our own firm but helping to transform the IP industry. We have been awarded a Silver medal two years in a row by EcoVadis, the sustainability ratings agency – which also assesses diversity initiatives and commitments. We are proud to say that this puts us in the top 25% of the 90,000 companies worldwide that have achieved the rating and the top 19% in the legal and accounting industry. We were the first IP firm with a presence in the UK to be awarded a silver medal.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Chemistry | Jeremy Webster | jeremy.webster@mewburn.com | 01612477722 |
| Life Sciences | Simon Kiddle | simon.kiddle@mewburn.com | 01179451234 |
| Engineering & ICT | Graeme Moore | graeme.moore@mewburn.com | 01612477722 |
| IP Dispute Resolution, Legal, Transactions | Sean Jauss | sean.jauss@mewburn.com | 01179451234 |
| Trade Marks | Kate O'Rourke | kate.o'rourke@mewburn.com | 02077765300 |
Lawyer Profiles
| Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Paul Misselbrook | IP Director, Patent Attorney, Engineering | View Profile |
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Graeme Moore | Partner, Patent Attorney | View Profile |
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Dan Thornton | Partner, Patent Attorney | View Profile |
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Jeremy Webster | Partner, Patent Attorney, Chemistry | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of partners : 49 Number of other fee-earners : 158 Total staff : 363Languages
German EnglishMemberships
Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) International Trade Mark Association (INTA) American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)Diversity
Mewburn Ellis is leading the way, embracing change and growth, doing it well and with a focus on high quality. We have applied these same principles to inclusion and diversity (I&D). We have moved into a new and exciting era. We’re committed to not only evolving our own firm but helping to transform the IP industry as a whole.
We began our journey in 2020, adding I&D to our strategic priorities and business plan. Working with I&D specialists Brook Graham we conducted a firmwide survey to help us understand the experiences, views, and ideas of our people. This was followed by a series of focus groups, which looked in more detail at key themes. From this we developed a strategic framework to help our thinking.
Our survey highlighted how challenging a topic I&D is. It means different things to different people. There were common themes, but also significant differences. Agreeing priorities was challenging as we didn’t want these to be imposed by the leadership team, but shaped by all our people.
Following this we decided to focus our energies on engagement, learning and personal development, recruitment, leadership and inclusive leadership training, and governance. We created a new board level role of Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer and established a 12 member I&D Collaboration Group (CG) drawn from all parts of the firm.
We’ve undertaken an external audit of our recruitment and have implemented the RARE contextual recruitment system. We’re also in the process of training all our leaders on I&D with over 50 going through this process. All members of our Management Board have personally signed up to the IP Inclusive Senior Leader’s Pledge and we now have a detailed I&D strategy for the firm. We actively support charities in line with our I&D priorities of: listening and mental health, gender equality and social mobility and have donated over £65,000 so far to these causes.
We’re starting to achieve recognition for our work too and two attorneys have been listed in the World IP Review Diversity 2022 publication which lists the top 100 lawyers with a focus on I&D. Chosen from over 1300 nominations one is listed in the Top 25 and one in the 20 Trailblazers who have under 10 years’ experience but are already making their mark. In September 2022 we were awarded a Silver medal by EcoVadis, the sustainability ratings agency – which also assesses diversity initiatives and commitments. We are proud to say that this puts us in the top 25% of the 90,000 companies worldwide that have achieved the rating and the top 19% in the legal and accounting industry. We are the only IP firm in the UK to have achieved a Silver medal.
In a relatively short period of time, we have made great progress and are proud of this. The firm is already a better place for our people and conversations and activities are being undertaken that would never have happened before we started this journey. We have more to do, but we have the tools and appetite to build a truly inclusive culture. This is the right thing for our people and our business.