Mathys & Squire LLP

Mathys & Squire is an IP powerhouse that puts its specialist knowledge to work for clients, to strengthen and secure what most modern businesses today treat as one of their most valuable strategic assets: intellectual property. The firm’s agile teams of attorneys, scientists and strategists are steeped in experience, working with IP-rich and high-growth industries to leveraging complex technologies and sophisticated commercial models across a broad range of industry sectors.

A full-service IP firm, Mathys & Squire has unrivalled expertise in patents, trademarks, design protection and litigation. Highly ranked in leading legal and IP directories, Mathys & Squire has 115 years of experience in the protection and commercialisation of IP rights, leading the field with insight, innovation and quality.

Mathys & Squire has over 80 qualified attorneys and a dedicated IP consulting team across offices in London, Birmingham, Cambridge, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Luxembourg, Munich and Paris, as well as teams based in China and Japan. The firm’s attorneys and trainees have a mix of scientific degrees extending from chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, genetics, microbiology, plant sciences and zoology through to physics, electronics, telecommunications and engineering.

Mathys & Squire works with its clients to maximise the value of their IP assets. The firm’s breadth of technical expertise and depth of professional experience are coupled with a determination to add real commercial value, which drives significant revenue growth through the effective use of clients’ intellectual property.

The firm has a broad spread of clients, ranging from start-ups to major UK and global corporations, many of which are household names. Clients of the firm value its commitment to professional excellence and technical expertise.

Through its creative approach, the firm has a successful record of securing the grant of key patents and settling disputes. Client companies without in-house patent departments value the firm’s understanding of their business issues and the importance and commercial value of their intellectual property. Mathys & Squire enjoys excellent relationships with like-minded firms of associates from all over the world.

The Mathys & Squire patents team’s core areas of expertise include:

• identifying intellectual property capable of protection by understanding the client’s technology and business objectives;

• obtaining valuable patent registrations through skilful drafting and powerful advocacy before the world’s patent offices;

• representing clients in disputes and contentious proceedings (especially those of the EPO), drawing wherever necessary upon the expertise of fellow professionals;

• facilitating the commercial exploitation of a client’s intellectual property by way of sale, licence or joint venture; and

• advising clients in relation to their IP strategy and management of their IP portfolios.

Mathys & Squire offers a full range of services across patents, trademarks, designs, litigation and related IP rights, both contentious and non-contentious, working across a spectrum of industries:

• providing strategic management of global patent and trademark portfolios for major corporations;

• advising start-ups in relation to the creation and ownership of IP rights and their commercial exploitation;

• patent and trademark prosecution, including oppositions and appeals, for major corporations;

• providing specialist European (EPO and the EU Intellectual Property Office) expertise to fellow professionals;

• working alongside solicitors and counsel in the United Kingdom, bringing to bear the firm’s complementary skills and experience;

• advising at CEO level on the role of IP rights in revenue generation and asset creation;

• finding paths through third-party patent, trademark or other IP rights, including challenges to validity where appropriate;

• valuation of intellectual assets to assist businesses with a potential sale or initial public offering;

• resolving disputes through various forms of alternative dispute resolution to litigation, whether as the lead firm or as part of a team; and

• bringing specialist IP skills to corporate finance, including due diligence and IP strategy.