Intellectual Property
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Unlocking the potential of your ideas and protecting your brand and assets.
From market-leading advice on global intellectual property disputes, and guidance on how to safeguard and grow your brand, to navigating the complexities of drug discovery and development, Shoosmiths’ IP team can provide you with the very best advice to protect, enhance and enforce your intellectual property assets. Our IP services fall into five key areas:
- Consumer Brands
- Technology and Innovation
- Life Sciences
- Universities and Research Organisations
Within these areas, we cover all intellectual property rights, including trade marks and passing off, patents, confidential information, copyright, designs and database rights and related regulatory issues.
Our team is particularly known for handling complex IP disputes across a range of industries and technologies. With a number of prominent IP litigators in our team, our deep experience allows us to give you an advantage with innovative and creative approaches to handling disputes, including guaranteed price certainty through our unique IP Fixed™ product.
Given the global nature of IP, we frequently advise on and coordinate cross border transactions and disputes, often as part of an international team of lawyers.
IP FIXED™ Shoosmiths' extensive IP litigation experience gives us the ability to provide realistic scoping and agree fixed fees for different stages of the dispute resolution process, from pre-action through to trial.
Chambers Review
Shoosmiths in Birmingham offers a sophisticated full-service IP practice advising brands of all kinds, research universities, tech innovators and life sciences researchers on all manner of rights protection, commercialisation and litigation matters. The team has expertise in all rights, and notable recent experience with regard to research and development platforms and also patent litigation.
Work Highlights
- Shoosmiths continued to act as counsel for Dr Craig Wright in defending the Crypto Open Patent Alliance's claim that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin.
Strengths
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"Shoosmiths' IP team in Birmingham can easily handle complex and challenging matters."
"Shoosmiths had strong attention to detail and were attentive to our needs. They dealt with our matters quickly and responsively. They demonstrated strong commercial awareness and technical knowledge."
"Shoosmiths are the best I have seen in the UK for mid-market work involving complex matters. The overall team consistently provides high-quality work with reasonable fees."
"The team are highly responsive and knowledgeable about IP matters, and in particular, patent litigation. Whenever I have a question, they find the answer."
"Shoosmiths' IP team in Birmingham can easily handle complex and challenging matters."
"Shoosmiths had strong attention to detail and were attentive to our needs. They dealt with our matters quickly and responsively. They demonstrated strong commercial awareness and technical knowledge."
"Shoosmiths are the best I have seen in the UK for mid-market work involving complex matters. The overall team consistently provides high-quality work with reasonable fees."
"The team are highly responsive and knowledgeable about IP matters, and in particular, patent litigation. Whenever I have a question, they find the answer."
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Brennan is head of department at Shoosmiths in Birmingham. He is best known for his patent practice, which takes in prosecution, licensing and litigation. He also has experience representing clients in trade marks and copyright disputes. He acts for clients in a range of sectors, particularly technology, universities and manufacturing.
"Andrew is not only an excellent patent litigator, he is also a consummate project manager. He knows how to set goals and build the team to achieve them."
"Andrew is very structured and always has an eye on the big picture and not just the issues directly addressed to him."
Victoria Bentley is a partner at Shoosmiths in Birmingham. She practises mainly as a litigator and is expert in hi-tech, software and engineering disputes. She also has longstanding as well as recent experience in healthcare, materials science and life sciences litigation concerning patents, copyright and designs. Bentley is also recommended for litigation-proofing commercial agreements.
"Victoria is a litigation ace with a technical background and excellent German. She has excellent ideas and follows them through. You are in safe hands with her. You could not ask for a better lawyer."
"Victoria provides very prompt feedback and good communication, and is action-oriented."
"Her advice has been excellent, prompt, commercial and knowledgeable."
"Victoria has a very good technical understanding of electronics and computer technology, but she is also fit for other areas and has always provided us with valuable input."
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Calor Gas
Easy Group
LK Bennett
McDonalds
Next Retail
The White Company
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Volkswagen Group