Intellectual Property
UK Guide 2025 : Scotland
Band 3
About
Provided by Dentons
Dentons' IP Practice is one of the longest established, largest and experienced teams in Scotland. We also form part of the larger Dentons IP team with large practices in London and Milton Keynes. Our practice group is exclusively dedicated to intellectual property and is not just corporate lawyers or litigators sporadically advising on IP matters.
Our focus is to protect, defend and manage our clients' most valuable assets: their IP. At any one time our IP team are working on significant UK patent litigations, large scale purchases of IP portfolios, and large prosecution projects, with attorneys and solicitors working seamlessly together. We believe the combined breadth and depth of our practice to be very unusual.
Our integrated approach to litigation, advisory and transactions delivers optimal results for clients across all sectors. Our team is also integrated into our full-service law firm, meaning we can identify and deal seamlessly with any related legal requirements (licensing, M&A, advertising, franchising, general commercial etc.).
While most UK IP offerings have an international network, we understand our IP team to be the largest globally. This year, the UK based IP team has, between them, worked in over 80 jurisdictions around the world.
Chambers Review
Dentons in Glasgow has a powerful commercial and contentious IP offering whose strengths include patent licensing and brand strategy. The firm has particularly deep sector expertise in consumer products, food and drink, and life sciences. It has extensive experience resolving disputes through arbitration and mediation. The firm also advises on the treatment of IP assets in corporate transactions.
Steph Innes is a key contact.
Work Highlights
- Dentons acted as Aggreko's sole external counsel on trade mark matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"A responsive and pragmatic team who provide very clear and concise advice on complex matters."
"The team are very professional, helpful, friendly and responsive."
"The team exhibit creative and flexible thinking."
"A responsive and pragmatic team who provide very clear and concise advice on complex matters."
"The team are very professional, helpful, friendly and responsive."
"The team exhibit creative and flexible thinking."
Members
Provided by Dentons
Steph Innes
Head of Department