Our specialist patent lawyers can help you protect, commercialise and enforce your rights to inventions.
A patent is a right protecting an invention. Patents can provide you with a competitive advance attracting investors and opening up commercial opportunities through licensing or assignment.
Crucially, a patent provides you with exclusive protection for a defined period of time and prevents another person or business making, using, selling, or importing the invention without your permission.
We have a proven track record of helping individuals and businesses with a range of patent issues. Working alongside our trusted patent attorneys, we help clients build a strategy, secure patent protection, launch new products and services and commercialise their inventions and navigate patent infringement and ownership disputes.
What patent services can Irwin Mitchell help with?
Our patent services include:
- Patent Protection and Prosecution: We help you protect your rights, securing patent protection, where possible, in countries where you need it from an offensive and defensive perspective, tailored to your commercial needs and budget.
- Commercialisation: We can help you buy, sell, licence or commercialise your patent (for both pending and granted applications).
- Disputes, litigation and enforcement: We can help you enforce and defend your rights if your patent has been infringed or you are threatened with infringement. is challenged. We can also help in cases where the ownership of a patent is in dispute.
- Patent Transactions: Seamlessly handle licensing, assignment of patent portfolios, and development agreements.
Why choose Irwin Mitchell's patent lawyers?
We can support your immediate needs around your patent and can also help with a range of connected issues such as corporate, commercial and employment.
Specialist expertise
Our patent lawyers have specialist expertise in key sectors – so we can advise you on the problems that are likely to arise, and plan for them. We’re renowned litigators and have the experience needed to fight your corner in even the most complex of patent disputes.
Your invention is unique – and that’s how we’ll treat you. We’ll listen to you, and what you’re trying to achieve, and then build a team around that.
UK offices
Our patent solicitors are located in offices around the UK. We're also able to come to your offices or meet at an appropriate location if this is easier for you.
Contact Us
If you need advice about a patent issue, our lawyers are here to help. Call us on +44 (0)808 271 2602 or contact us online and we’ll get back to you.
