Intellectual Property | UK

DLA Piper in Leeds is a destination IP practice with cross-border expertise in handling transactional and contentious IP matters. The firm is vastly experienced assisting clients across a range of sectors, including chemicals, life sciences, manufacturing and retail. It is recommended for pan-European anti-counterfeiting strategy.

Clarion is highly regarded in the market for its skill in handling a wide range of matters, including international portfolio management, trade mark registration and licensing transactions. The firm is also noted for enforcement and litigation actions. It has a growing community design and international design patent practice. The firm acts for clients ranging from multinational corporates to dynamic regional SMEs.

HGF Law in Leeds offers an excellent service geared towards sophisticated contentious and non-contentious IP matters in a range of sectors, notably consumer products, engineering, manufacturing and life sciences. The firm is particularly skilled at patent and trade mark infringement disputes, and a go-to for design right matters of all kinds. It is able to coordinate comprehensive patent prosecution and trade mark filing with its sister patent and trade mark attorney firm, HGF.

Walker Morris in Leeds is a full-service IP offering advising clients in sectors such as food, manufacturing and retail on infringement disputes concerning all core rights, commercial transactions and portfolio management. The firm acts for a roster of well-known football and rugby clubs. It also has a trade mark filing and opposition practice.

Appleyard Lees in Leeds advises large corporate and growth-stage clients in the electronics, engineering and life sciences sectors on IP strategy and disputes. The solicitors' practice is closely allied with the Appleyard Lees patent and trade mark attorney firm, and so assists with contentious and non-contentious patent and trade mark registry procedures.

Mills & Reeve offers a range of IP services to clients in the manufacturing, education and public sectors, among others. The firm advises on both contentious and non-contentious IP matters with a particular focus on patent and trademark-related issues. The team has further experience advising on IP licensing transactions in addition to commercial IP agreements.