Marks & Clerk‘s Cambridge office is an important outpost for one of the UK’s largest IP firms, which has a large national team of solicitors, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys operating across its nine offices. Simon Portman is the key practitioner in the region, and he calls on the expertise of colleagues in London to provide a full-service IP offering that spans strategic advice, risk limitation, due diligence, brand protection, portfolio management, commercial contracts, and industry-specific regulatory issues. He acts for start-ups, universities, and large multinationals.
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- 'With respect to matters relating to licensing and collaboration agreements I always recommend Simon Portman who has strong business acumen as well as excellent legal skills. Simon is able to point out beneficial business strategies, which is particularly valuable for inexperienced clients such as University spinouts.'
Key clients
- Unravel Ltd
- ReagentGenie Limited
- Eribé Knitwear Limited
- Oxford Quantum Circuits
- Syner-Med Ltd
- Duke Street Bio
- Zyme DX
- Alta Sciences Co, Inc.
- Garnett Farms Engineering
- Kingston University
Work highlights
Drafted and advised on a contract between Resurrect Bio and a Japanese company to develop virus resistant strains.
Advised Unravel Health Ltd on an agreement between our client and the university it spun out of.
Upgraded or redrafted Eribé Knitwear Limited's agreements with manufacturers, designers, agents and distributors as well as its terms of supply and website terms.
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Simon Portman