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Unrivaled patent expertise in all technologies to ensure R&D can be translated into real business benefits

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TRADE MARKS & BRANDS

Strategic trade mark advice covering all aspects of IP for your brands across all jurisdictions

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LITIGATION & DISPUTES

When contentious matters escalate and issues of IP infringement arise our team can step in and help

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TRANSACTIONS & COMMERCIAL

Clear, straightforward, commercial IP advice that will help achieve your business objectives

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OPPOSITIONS & APPEALS

A proven track record in successfully handling offensive and defensive patent and trade mark oppositions and appeals

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EcoVadis and Sustainable Communities Report 2023

Mewburn Ellis awarded EcoVadis silver medal for second year running alongside the launch of Sustainable Communities Report 2023

We're pleased to announce the appointment of Partner Eleanor Maciver as our new Sustainability Champion. One of her first tasks will be to form a sustainability collaboration group and start to gather ideas and input from across the firm. She will also look at how we raise awareness around sustainability issues and build on the feedback from EcoVadis with a view to achieving a gold rating in 2023.

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Andy King appointed as Head of Trade Marks and joins the firm’s Management Board

We're pleased to announce that Partner Andy King will be the new Head of the Trade Mark Practice Group and joins the Management Board, with effect from November 1, 2023. Andy qualified as a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney with Mewburn Ellis in 2011 and has over 15 years of experience in trade mark law, including as an Authorised Representative at the EUIPO prior to Brexit.

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Mewburn Ellis launch Validation Costs Estimator Tool

We are pleased to launch our new Validation Costs Estimator Tool. We know that it can be challenging to understand whether using the Unitary Patent is the right approach for your business, so we created a Validation Cost Estimator Tool to help you calculate costs for each route.

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Mewburn Ellis create new Sustainability Champion role

We're pleased to announce the appointment of Partner Eleanor Maciver as our new Sustainability Champion. One of her first tasks will be to form a sustainability collaboration group and start to gather ideas and input from across the firm. She will also look at how we raise awareness around sustainability issues and build on the feedback from EcoVadis with a view to achieving a gold rating in 2023.

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Careers at Mewburn Ellis

We have been on quite a journey over the last few years, growing rapidly, creating new roles and transforming the firm into a forward-looking business full of exciting opportunities...

Green IP Report

Our report examines the role of patents in making innovative ‘green’ technologies into a reality as well as how the patent landscape can be used to identify opportunities for partnering, collaboration and investment.

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We work at every stage of the IP lifecycle

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An excellent firm for handling complex life sciences patent portfolios’, Mewburn Ellis LLP’s ‘highly knowledgeable team is singled out for its ‘competent and detailed support and understanding of clients’ commercial needs.

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FORWARD MAGAZINE

Mewburn Ellis Forward is a biannual publication that celebrates the best of innovation and exploration. Through its pages we hope to inform and entertain, but also to encourage discussion about the most compelling developments taking place in the scientific and entrepreneurial world. Along the way, we’ll engage with the IP challenges that international organisations face every day.

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