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Mewburn Ellis LLP

Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys

UK Guide 2026 : UK-wide


Mewburn Ellis LLP

About

Provided by Mewburn Ellis LLP

Mewburn Ellis is the forward-looking European IP firm. They are a business that puts their clients, people and values at the heart of everything they do. It is what they believe makes them unique in the IP space.

With more than 150 years' experience in the IP profession, their focus is on providing clear, honest, strategic advice to maximise the potential of IP as an asset and so increase the value of their clients’ business. The result is a firm with a stellar national and international client list that builds strong and long-standing client relationships – over a third of their clients have worked with them for over 20 years. Their approach is always personal and client-focused. Mewburn Ellis works hard to ensure their clients benefit from “joined up” thinking when it comes to their IP strategy working alongside them as trusted partners in order to support their business ambitions and growth plans. Their experts work at all stages of the IP life cycle and advise about patents, trade marks and designs, as well as any IP-related disputes and legal and commercial requirements. The firm continues to thrive and is now over 360 strong with specialist expertise spread throughout our five offices in the UK and Germany. 

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Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For
Mewburn Ellis has a longstanding reputation for chemistry and life sciences instructions and an expanding electronics offering. It also has an estimable trade mark service. The attorneys advise on litigation and the treatment of IP in corporate transactions, and are also noted for helping research institutions, spin-outs and related startups commercialise their IP. Mewburn Ellis also has an office in Munich.
Notable practitioners

Robert Andrews is a key contact.

Work Highlights

Provided by Chambers

  • Mewburn Ellis advised Hummingbird BioScience on complex patents drafting and due diligence plus prosecution and invention assessment work. The work gave rise to the portfolio of IP products to found Callio Therapeutics.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • The team at Mewburn Ellis is very responsive, pragmatic, flexible and provides high-quality work and advice.

    Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys respondentUK
  • Mewburn has a fantastic group of legal professionals. They consistently achieve great outcomes, but more than that, they are great people who are consistently a pleasure to work with.

    Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys respondentUK
  • Mewburn Ellis are great. They're very responsive and practical in terms of guidance.

    Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys respondentUK

Members

Provided by Mewburn Ellis LLP

  • Sean Jauss

  • Graeme Moore

  • Simon Kiddle

  • Kate O'Rourke

  • Jeremy Webster

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