Intellectual Property
UK Guide 2025 : Thames Valley
Band 1
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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.
Chambers Review
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.
Work Highlights
- Penningtons Manches Cooper continues to advise Compass Box Delicious Whiskyon global and domestic IP enforcement and brand management.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They have experience, and are good communicators and collaborators in terms of trying to find solutions for our clients. They are prompt to respond and a pleasure to deal with."
"Penningtons provides an impressive level of knowledge and advice and very strong responsiveness, particularly for urgent matters."
"They have experience, and are good communicators and collaborators in terms of trying to find solutions for our clients. They are prompt to respond and a pleasure to deal with."
"Penningtons provides an impressive level of knowledge and advice and very strong responsiveness, particularly for urgent matters."
Notable Practitioners
Chris Shelley is head of life sciences at Penningtons Manches Cooper in Oxford. He is commended for his expertise in spin-outs, collaboration and licensing transactions in the university, life sciences and technology sectors.
"Chris Shelley’s level of knowledge in life science IP and his commercial acumen is impressive."