ICT & Electronics

Technology

The pace of change in Information and communications technology (ICT) and Electronics is exponential. As we look to the future the interconnected network of humans, devices, robots, vehicles, media and services is set to grow and evolve at an extraordinary speed. This growth and evolution will demand rapid innovation across the electronic spectrum to ensure that the hardware infrastructure can support the rate of growth and change. Beyond this, other diverse fields such as flexible electronics and quantum computing are delivering commercially valuable innovations which need protecting. We understand this, and we aim to help our clients protect their innovations with clear and uncomplicated IP advice.

Mewburn Ellis has a well-deserved reputation in this field for providing high quality and commercially valuable IP advice, established over many years. During this time, our electronics and telecommunications IP experts have been instrumental in securing patent rights for clients of all sizes, with a diverse range of business objectives.

We have helped SMEs and start-ups looking to build up strong IP portfolio's in order to secure investment and worked with large multi-national corporations to build substantial and powerful portfolios of granted rights, including standard essential patents. Regardless of size, our clients tell us that they appreciate our pragmatic and commercially astute approach and clear, uncomplicated IP advice.

In a rapidly changing technical landscape our large ICT and electronics patent team offers an enviable breadth of knowledge and experience which is spread throughout our offices in Europe. Their vast array of expertise means that we can offer specialist teams that are tailored for each of our clients, to meet their particular technical and commercial needs, working alongside them as trusted advisors.

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Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)

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IoT & Cloud Computing

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Data Security & Encryption

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Software Innovation & Fintech

EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software-compressed

Special Report

EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software

In autumn 2020, we analysed more than 8000 opposition cases filed at the European Patent Office (EPO) over the last 12 years, studying the timelines for hundreds of engineering, electronics and software oppositions.

The research enabled us to see how oppositions have been affected by procedural changes at the European Patent Office and by the Covid-19 pandemic. With a focus on Transport, Medical Devices, Telecommunications and Software, the report also looks at how opposition outcomes vary across the four different technology sectors and which players are the most active.

Read our latest blogs

Inside Silicon Quantum Computing: an interview with Komal Pahwa

Inside Silicon Quantum Computing: an interview with Komal Pahwa

by Andrew Fearnside

Senior IP counsel Komal Pahwa reveals how Australia's star quantum startup is building a silicon phosphorus processor, and how she protects its remarkable IP.

The major players in the SEP landscape in Europe

The major players in the SEP landscape in Europe

by Tom Furnival

Next in our series of blogs, we have investigated the major players in the SEP landscape in Europe.

How does declaring a patent or application as “essential to a standard” affect the pre-grant experience of an application? – Part 3

How does declaring a patent or application as “essential to a standard” affect the pre-grant experience of an application? – Part 3

by Tom Furnival

This article continues our series of blogs investigating whether or not declaring your patent or application as “essential to a standard” influences the outcome of that patent or application in ...

We work at every stage of the IP lifecycle

Protect

Drafting, Filing & Prosecution
Portfolio Management
Searching & Watching
Renewals & EP Validations

Defend

Pre-action Advice
Oppositions & Appeals
Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Exploit

Strategic Advice
Commercial Issues
Transactions
Corporate Support

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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.