From market-leading advice on global intellectual property disputes, and guidance on how to safeguard and grow your brand, to navigating the complexities of drug discovery and development, Shoosmiths’ IP team can provide you with the very best advice to protect, enhance and enforce your intellectual property assets.
Our IP services fall into five key areas, each with their own experts on hand to provide you with exceptional client service – and the results you demand.
- connected technology
- consumer brands
- technology & innovation
- life sciences
- universities & research organisations
Within these areas, we cover all intellectual property rights, including trade marks and passing off, patents, confidential information, copyright, designs and database rights and related regulatory issues.
“Shoosmiths has superb strength in depth and is very committed and knowledgeable. It can always be relied on.
Our team is particularly known for handling complex IP disputes across a range of industries and technologies. With a number of prominent IP litigators in our team, our deep experience allows us to give you an advantage with innovative and creative approaches to handling disputes, including guaranteed price certainty.
Given the global nature of IP, we frequently advise on and coordinate cross border transactions and disputes, often as part of an international team of lawyers.
Recognition
Members of our team including Gary Assim, Andrew Brennan, Graham Burnett-Hall and Antony Craggs have recently been ranked by Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars 2024.