Intellectual Property - UK
What the team is known for
Osborne Clarke advises on licensing and IP-rich corporate transactions as well as copyright, trade mark and patent litigation. The team is also recommended for design right disputes, and clients are drawn largely from the creative, life sciences and technology industries. Members of the team act directly for clients before the UK and EU trade mark registries.
Strengths
"Osborne Clarke has a good team which has technical strength and deep understanding of the regulations applicable to IP due diligence."
"They have been particularly good at helping with technical analysis and applying that to what would be likely to happen during litigation."
"The team had a good handle on both the legal issues and the various commercial factors at play and balanced everything to give good, pragmatic advice. Of all the firms I have used in the past year, I have found Osborne Clarke to be most responsive."
Work highlights
Osborne Clarke advised Amgen in its patent infringement proceedings initiated in the UK against Regeneron and Sanofi.
Notable practitioners
Arty Rajendra has an impressively all-encompassing IP disputes and rights strategy practice which takes in all core rights. Her brands practice features work on behalf of top fashion, automotive and energy companies. She also has experience acting in leading patent cases in the telecommunications space. "Arty Rajendra is very active in the industry and well regarded." "Arty is absolutely brilliant."
