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Kilburn & Strode LLP Offices
LACON LONDON
84 THEOBALDS ROAD
LONDON
WC1X 8NL
England
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Kilburn & Strode LLP > The Legal 500 Rankings
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys Tier 1
Kilburn & Strode LLP boasts a team with diverse expertise, encompassing knowledge in the chemistry and life sciences, electronics, physics, engineering, and computing sectors, including AI and machine learning. The practice is well equipped to handle both UK and European matters, including drafting, prosecuting, and representation in EPO opposition proceedings, the management of global portfolios, and advice on validity, infringement, and freedom to operate. Managing partner Richard Howson is a key name in the aerospace and automotive industries, and Nick Lee is head of the life sciences and chemistry practice. Gareth Fennell, who chairs the technology and engineering departments, has expertise in computer software, healthcare systems, and medical devices. Harry Harden heads up the firm’s San Francisco liaison office and is adept at supporting clients in the Silicon Valley, while Jennifer Harris spearheads the growing chemistry practice with a large group of pharmaceutical clients.Practice head(s):
Richard Howson; Nick Lee; Gareth Fennell
Other key lawyers:
Harry Harden; Jennifer Harris; Alexander Korenberg; Tom Leonard; Robin Lloyd; Marco Morbidini; Gwilym Roberts; Nick Shipp; Mark Abthorpe; Emily Collins; Tom Hamer; Benjamin Heller; Sarah Lau; Elizabeth Crooks
Key clients
Elekta Limited
Aston Martin Lagonda
GE HealthCare, PDx
GE Precision Healthcare LLC
Netflix
LG Display
Immunocore Limited
Sage Therapeutics
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
TCR2 Therapeutics
Zogenix
Alkermes
Ontex
E Ink
Work highlights
- Assisting Elekta Limited with patent strategy development and introducing a culture of innovation.
- Representing GE HealthCare’s Pharmaceutical Diagnostics in worldwide management and prosecution.
- Assisted CR2 Therapeutic with the successful grant of European patent protecting its platform technologies and subsequent defence at opposition.
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys Tier 1
Kilburn & Strode LLP offers clients cross-border advice on filing programmes, disputes, and enforcement matters. The group frequently represents clients before the UKIPO, EUIPO, and WIPO, and growing areas for the team include online enforcement and anti-counterfeiting mandates. Iain Stewart, who divides his time between the UK and the Netherlands, solely leads the team with portfolio management being a core element of his practice. The ‘absolutely exceptional’ Rowena Tolley has a growing UK client base, while Ryan Pixton is well placed to handle multinational filings and opposition proceedings. Previous co-head Carrollanne Lindley has moved into a consultancy role.Practice head(s):
Iain Stewart
Other key lawyers:
Carrollanne Lindley; Rowena Tolley; Ryan Pixton; Jeffrey Parker; Ben Scarfield
Testimonials
‘Iain Stewart is well experienced and very responsive.’
‘Ryan Pixton is very diligent and a pleasant professional. Ben Scarfield is commercially astute and knows what matters to me.’
‘Kilburn & Strode’s team acts as our in-house team. They handle all trade mark-related work, including management of our portfolio. The team is cohesive and covers the required expertise to support a company’s branding strategy in an integrated and cost efficient way.’
‘Rowena Tolley is absolutely exceptional and it is a real pleasure to work with her. While genuinely focused on working towards her clients best interests, Rowena provides valuable and strategic advice in a variety of matters, including brand portfolio management, prosecution, oppositions, clearance searches, and more.’
‘Highly skilled and experienced trade mark powerhouse. Easily able to handle also large projects. Hands-on advice.’
‘Iain Stewart, Ryan Pixton and Ben Scarfield stand out. Highly recommended and all of them a pleasure to deal with. ’
‘The trade mark team at Kilburn & Strode is agile and very responsive. They have invested time in learning about our business, and they understand our longer term objectives as well as our more immediate needs. Their advice and support are always tailored to our particular circumstances, and they make management of our trademark portfolio a pleasure.’
‘Rowena Tolley is a fantastic attorney. She is very responsive, and her advice is always practical and tuned to our needs. I couldn’t recommend her highly enough.’
Key clients
The Entertainment Industry Foundation
Flight Club Darts & Electric Shuffle
BlackBerry Limited
Radio College of Radiologists
TAAL Distributed Information Technologies, Inc
Elastic
Eternal Ink, LLC
Valve Corporation
Delta Air Lines, Inc
Renault S.A.S
easyGroup
Puro Sound Labs LLC
Teladoc Health, Inc
Mastercard
Work highlights
- Advising easyGroup as part of integrated legal panel in over thirty countries on matters before the High Court, IPEC, UKIPO, and EUIPO.
- Advised WhatsApp on urgent multi-mark clearance and advisory work in support of an international advertising campaign.
- Advising Flight Club Darts & Electric Shuffle on strategic portfolio and protection matters, and infringement and dispute resolution.
Kilburn & Strode LLP > Firm Profile
Kilburn & Strode understands the point where business, innovation and the law meet. Its reputation for straight-talking, commercially sound advice has helped to make it one of Europe’s leading intellectual property firms. Dedicated to helping its clients protect and profit from ideas, the team is renowned for making the complex simple and for seeing the business issues as clearly as the legal ones. This blend of skills has seen the firm consistently ranked as top-tier in independent surveys.
The firm: Kilburn & Strode is wholly focused on intellectual property. This single-minded approach enables the team to advise on the many legal, commercial and technical issues that come together in this highly complex area of the law.
The firm is home to many attorneys who are recognised as leading the way in their various disciplines. The well-respected trade mark and patent teams include specialists in tech (electronics and IT), biotechnology, chemistry (material and pharmaceutical) and engineering. Collectively, they manage to combine being at the top of their game with a reputation for friendliness and jargon-free advice.
This is a firm that understands the value in tailoring its approach to suit the aims of each client. The team works collaboratively, taking the time to understand the issues on the table and the possibilities in the marketplace. It’s an approach that has been honed over many years with a range of clients – big and small, established and new, universities and individuals.
Working this way has ensured that Kilburn & Strode is a permanent fixture at the top of professional surveys and has helped to make the firm a leading choice Europe-wide for IP advice.
Types of work undertaken: Kilburn & Strode offers a complete intellectual property service – whatever it takes to help clients protect and generate value from their IP interests. The firm works with a wide variety of industrial and professional clients from around the world and is particularly well known for advising on the acquisition, enforcement and licensing of worldwide IP rights.
Patents: the patent team has a long track record of delivering legal advice that makes good business sense. Its full range of services is as broad as the world of patents itself and includes the filing and prosecution of patent applications, portfolio planning and management, watching and searching for third-party rights, infringement and validity opinions licensing, renewals, due diligence reports, fundraising prospectus opinions and patent term extensions (Supplementary Protection Certificates – SPCs).
The team also has a strong background in policing intellectual property rights and in litigation and dispute resolution. Appearing before the opposition divisions and appeal boards of the European Patent Office is a key specialism, as is working with solicitors and counsel in UK court actions, and with colleagues across Europe and internationally in multi-jurisdictional cases.
Trade marks: the firm’s trade mark team works with clients throughout the world and offers a service that spans all aspects of portfolio management. This includes trade mark searching and advice, opinions regarding infringement and passing-off, filing and prosecution of trade mark applications, oppositions and cancellation actions. The team also advises on licensing, anti-conterfeiting, copyright, due diligence, registrable transactions, enforcement processes and conflict resolution.
Handling the legal and practical issues surrounding community trade marks and international ‘Madrid’ registrations is another area where Kilburn & Strode has considerable experience. The firm’s attorneys have also spent a great deal of time handling contentious matters in the European Union and further afield.
Designs and copyright: Kilburn & Strode has established itself as a leading firm in this increasingly important area of IP law. Its attorneys are helping clients to safeguard their copyright and designs throughout the UK and Europe, delivering advice on the status of their IP and a strategy to protect it. They have a huge amount of experience in filing and prosecuting applications for design registration in the UK and before the EUIPO.
Supplementing these core disciplines, Kilburn & Strode offers services that extend into all areas of intellectual property – it’s fair to say that its attorneys’ command of their various subject areas makes them the first choice to advise on anything from the everyday to the exceptional.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managing partner | Richard Howson | ||
| Trade marks | Carrollanne Lindley | ||
| Life sciences & chemistry | Nick Lee | ||
| Engineering and designs | Robin Lloyd | ||
| Tech | Gareth Fennell |
