UK Guide 2026 : Thames Valley
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Provided by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Our team specialises in all aspects of intellectual property law. We advise across the full breadth of IP rights including patents, designs, trade marks, copyright and rights in confidential information. The team combines specialists with contentious and non-contentious experience to provide support that is relevant, pro-active and commercially astute. Many of our lawyers are City trained and have technical backgrounds.
We have an extensive transactional IP practice and advise on all types of agreements which focus on IP or have a strong IP element including patent, know how, trade mark and copyright licences (both in- and out- licensing), collaboration agreements (including framework collaboration agreements) and research and development agreements. In addition, we handle large-scale acquisitions and disposals of IP assets. Our clients range from small and medium sized businesses to larger plcs and include a number of public sector and charitable institutions, in each case across a broad range of industry sectors, such as life sciences, IT, chemicals, manufacturing, publishing and retail.
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Penningtons Manches Cooper in Oxford offers an impressive intellectual property practice acting for life sciences and tech sector businesses, universities and their spin-offs, and also leading publishing and engineering companies. The firm comes recommended for litigation, as well as licence and research agreements.
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Penningtons advised Myricx Pharma on transactional and licensing agreements relating to the development of cancer drugs.
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Penningtons offer a deep bench of experience across practice areas, responsiveness, and business-minded and client-ready advice.
Penningtons know this organisation well. They respond quickly and are pragmatic in their approach and advice.
They are very practical and considerate, but equally they go far enough and provide sufficient depth. They know our space and they tailor advice to make sure our needs are met.
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Chris has helped us meet some very challenging deadlines and is always helpful and flexible in his approach.
He is really pragmatic and he really understands what we need, our own risks and what levels of risk we will accept.
Intellectual Property
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