Our trade mark attorneys understand brands, their power and their importance to your business. Whatever your needs or stage of development they can work with you as trusted advisors to make sure your trade mark strategy is aligned with your business objectives.
From iconic consumer brands and universities to small businesses and start-ups, we can help you to achieve your trade mark goals and help you protect, manage and maximise your brand portfolio as a strategic asset. We will work with you to build a robust trade mark portfolio or to make sure your existing portfolio is effectively managed and exploited to the full, as well as importantly ensuring that future activity is aligned with your commercial objectives and market conditions.
Mewburn Ellis are the European trade mark attorneys of choice for a wide range of clients, from sole traders to well-known corporate clients as well as many high-ranking UK and foreign law firms. Our well-established team of experts advise clients across the globe on all aspects of trade mark law and practice at every stage of the brand lifecycle.
In addition to our trade marks experts we also have design experts in house when you need to protect the aesthetics of a product,as well as an in house legal team to handle any disputes that may arise and provide commercial support as needed. We can also provide patent expertise across all technical areas. These specialists work together as a fully integrated team to provide you with the best possible team.
Portfolio Creation & Strategic Management
We work with our clients as part of their in house team in relation to all of your IP rights. We learn about your business and share your passion. This approach and our experience helps us bring you advice and feedback at a strategic level. This is much more than simply searching or registering a trade mark or managing your renewals (all of which we can of course do), this is working with you at a more sophisticated level than simple day-to-day case management, as a strategic partner and advisor to your business.
Enforcement & Dispute Resolution
We always try where possible to resolve disputes in a constructive manner but this is not always possible. We can handle any dispute situation that arises from oppositions, cancellations and infringement actions though to litigation if necessary. We have an excellent reputation for handling contentious proceedings on behalf of clients at the UKIPO and the EUIPO. We represent clients at oral hearings and appeals at the UKIPO and have also been involved in appeal procedures before both English Courts and the Courts of the European Union, in particular the General Court.
We can help with all aspects of IP litigation in the UK, whether in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court or the High Court, from filing the claim to trial at first instance and beyond. We also have experience of managing international disputes in key jurisdictions, through a network of trusted IP firms to provide critical local legal advice and support. We can also advise on all aspects of settlements, from tactics to drafting and negotiation, including providing an international dimension when needed.
Commercial Transactions, Licensing & Exploitation
Trade marks are an asset and we can work with you to help you exploit them and gain greater commercial value. The routes you take will depend on your business goals, but we can work with you in all areas where you might need commerical advice. We can look at contracts involving IP and their interaction with European competition law and due diligence on IP assets. We can assist with a wide range of transactions involving IP, from one-off licence deals and multi-institution research collaborations to IP elements of mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and stock market flotations. We have worked with many clients on funding rounds, mergers
