2024 Partners

Abe & Partners

Website: http://www.abe-law.com/en/

Aramis Law

Website: https://www.aramis-law.com/fr/

Bird & Bird

Website: https://www.twobirds.com/

Carpmaels & Ransford

Website: https://www.carpmaels.com/

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP is a leader in the European IP market, having driven innovation in the industry for over 200 years. The firm advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property, including drafting, filing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications; drafting and negotiating licence agreements and other commercial IP agreements; advising on the transfer of property rights; assisting clients with patent restoration matters; and conducting enforcement and revocation litigation.

The firm has one of Europe’s largest IP teams serving blue-chip clients across the globe, including Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Mars, Gilead, Raytheon, Regeneron, Takeda, Allergan and Xeros. The firm’s attorneys have considerable technical knowledge, bringing together experience from industry-leading companies, academic research at leading universities and extensive patent expertise in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, engineering, tech, chemistry, materials, supplementary protection certificates and information and communication technologies and standards.

Through its fully integrated dispute resolution and transactions teams, the firm is able to provide a holistic service to clients which supports their IP needs from inception to commercialisation. The dispute resolution team, made up of experienced solicitors, barristers and patent attorney litigators, represents clients at all levels of the European Patent Office. The team is also adept at conducting enforcement litigation and revocation actions before the UK Intellectual Property Office and patent, copyright, trademark and other IP litigation in the English courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union, often advising in cases where parallel or related litigation is ongoing in courts across Europe or in the United States.

As a European IP firm with litigators and patent attorneys under one roof, Carpmaels & Ransford is looking forward to offering clients the chance to both obtain UPs using the existing EPO procedure and enforce their patents across Europe in the UPC.

Brinkhof

Website: https://www.brinkhof.com/

Dechert

Website: https://www.dechert.com/

DERIS

Website: https://www.deris.com/

Deris is a one-stop shop for IP services with one of the largest and internationally regarded IP prosecution and advisory team. 

We have been the pioneer in shaping the IP landscape by obtaining the precedent decisions & participating the preparation of the IP legislation upon the invitation of the legislative bodies. We provide a wide spectrum of high-quality services that are essential for securing, maintaining and enforcing IP rights. 

Our services and counseling are supported by the trademark attorneys and technical experts, who are national and European patent attorneys, under a unique service approach combining longstanding enforcement experience with prosecution-technical expertise. Our goal is to secure enforceable IP rights in the market so that they can be transformed into sustainable commercial values.

Reddie & Grose

Website: https://www.reddie.co.uk/

Reddie and Grose is a European IP firm with offices in London, Munich and Cambridge. Our life sciences team is made up of specialist hubs that allow us to offer tailored services across the entire IP spectrum.  This blend of specialism and diversity is recognised as one of our key strengths.

Our biotech hub is based out of our Cambridge office and has decades of experience taking clients from university spin-off to IPOs, as well as being experts in obtaining plant variety protection.  Our London team specialises in managing the global patent portfolios and supplementary protection certificate strategies of multi-national companies based in the UK and Europe. In Munich, the team focuses on contentious pharmaceutical cases, regularly representing clients in EP opposition proceedings and advising on European product launch and litigation strategies. 

Combining all this knowledge ensures that are clients will always benefit from rounded, commercially aware, advice of the highest standard. 

EIP

Website: https://www.eip.com/uk/

Gemini Law

Website: http://www.geminilaw.com/

Gemini attorneys are among the most experienced and successful at helping manufacturers of biopharma products navigate IP barriers to access the U.S. market. Gemini has particular expertise in patent strategy and litigation relating to biosimilar, biobetter, generic and 505(b)(2) products, as well as collateral issues concerning the Hatch Waxman and BPCIA regulatory schemes. Gemini is also very experienced in counseling early-stage biotech companies to optimize patent portfolios and mitigate the risk posed by competitors’ IP, as well as IP issues related to licensing and development transactions. Gemini offers “end to end” counseling on IP issues in support of biopharma product development and launch in the U.S., including: 

• Litigation risk mitigation and avoidance
• Patent & trade secret design-around strategies
• Patent portfolio optimization
• Biosimilar (BPCIA) litigation & regulatory strategy
• Hatch Waxman litigation & regulatory strategy
• "Biobetter" & "fast follow-on" product litigation & regulatory strategy
• Pharmaceutical device-related litigation & regulatory strategy
• IP & regulatory issues concerning healthcare AI
• CREATES Act requests & litigation
• Section 1782 discovery requests for use in foreign litigation
• Global coordination of litigation strategy concerning biosimilar, generic and biobetter products
• Patent landscaping and freedom-to-operate opinions
• IP-related licensing, development & manufacturing transactions
• Lobbying and legislative initiatives relating to the BPCIA and Hatch Waxman laws 

Marks & Clerk

Website: https://www.marks-clerk.com/

Marks & Clerk is an international law firm specialising in intellectual property (IP) law. With a vast network of over 650 professionals across the world, including a qualified team of experienced patent and trademark associates, the firm offers comprehensive technical expertise covering all aspects of intellectual property matters, such as patents, trademarks, designs and copyright. Its services encompass worldwide protection, portfolio management, strategic advice, commercial guidance, licensing, enforcement, clearance and searches, validity and infringement opinions, due diligence and litigation. Operating through a network of offices in Canada, Europe and Asia, Marks & Clerk consistently delivers high-quality, seamless and cost-effective services to clients both locally and globally.

Trevisan & Cuonzo

Website: https://www.trevisancuonzo.com/en/index.html