Beck Greener LLP

Beck Greener is a specialist European firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys and IP litigators.

Clients of Beck Greener's patent team value our understanding of R&D and of the commercial realities of bringing new inventions to market, as well as our ability to provide robust IP protection for their inventions and technologies. The firm's trade mark attorneys, meanwhile, enjoy a global reputation for all-round excellence, from trade mark prosecution and portfolio management to complex disputes. First-class expertise in copyright, design rights, and commercial IP completes a full-service offering.

Beck Greener also handles all aspects of IP disputes, from litigation strategy to hearings. The firm's strength in oral advocacy is widely admired, and we have an enviable record of success in hearings before the EPO and the UKIPO.

Working from offices in the heart of London and close to the EUIPO in Spain, we continue to provide our clients with a full range of services relating to both UK and EU trade marks and designs.

How we add value to our clients:

Beck Greener has a long tradition of working as trusted IP advisors to companies from a variety of sectors. The firm's clients particularly appreciate our practical approach, commitment to understanding their businesses and dedication to helping them solve their toughest challenges.

We are proud of our high client retention rates, having served many businesses for over 40 years. These include some of the world’s leading brands, including companies listed on the S&P 500, FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 from sectors like media, technology, life sciences, chemicals and engineering.

The firm works with a wide range of clients, from multinational corporates and large international law firms to SMEs, start-ups, and individual entrepreneurs, as well as university and technology transfer organisations, and venture capitalists.

Regardless of size or field of business, our skilled experts aim to provide a service tailored to clients’ needs.

Our main areas of work

1) Patents

At Beck Greener we appreciate that patents are first and foremost commercial tools, so a commercial mindset is vital. Our attorneys make great efforts to understand their clients’ business needs and aims, so that we can help them develop and execute effective patent strategies that will allow them to grow and thrive.

Beck Greener's skilled and dedicated specialists add value at every stage of the patent process. Whether advising on invention identification and harvesting, developing a patent filing strategy for key technology, defending a crucial patent from attack by business rivals, navigating a third party’s existing rights, or any other aspect of patent management, the firm has the experience to help clients. And with our strong connections in all major commercial jurisdictions, the firm's European and UK-qualified patent attorneys can assist in developing and executing clients’ patent strategies wherever they might need it.

2) Trade marks

Brands have never been so significant, so it’s vitally important for businesses to protect and maximise the value of their marks. Our talented trade mark attorneys regularly advise some of the world’s leading brand owners on licensing, assignment and other formal transactions. We can help clients to file and prosecute trade mark applications at the UK, Irish and EU-wide level, as well as filing International Registrations under the Madrid system to obtain protection around the world. Beck Greener's experts are also skilled in challenging other people’s and businesses’ trade mark applications and registrations, and taking action before the courts to prevent the use of infringing marks.

With an impressive network of global contacts, complementing our own offices in London and Spain, Beck Greener's attorneys can provide a full range of services covering UK and EU trade marks, as well as international filings. We also have an enviable record of success in resolving trade mark disputes, whether in the UK, Europe or elsewhere in the world.

3) Designs, copyrights and other intellectual property assets

Beck Greener’s attorneys are expert in all areas of registered and unregistered design law and can help clients develop and execute design strategies to effectively secure their rights. As well as advising on how designs may be protected and enforced in the UK and EU, we can prosecute International Design Applications under the Hague Agreement. Through seamless cooperation with our long-established, trusted network of overseas attorneys, we help clients ensure that their designs can be protected in countries that are commercially important to them. Beck Greener’s teams also have extensive experience of protecting copyrights, database rights and trade secrets.

Contacts:

Patents/Designs: Avi Freeman

Trade Marks/Copyright: Ian Bartlett