Marks&Clerk is the leading and largest firm of patent and trade mark attorneys in the UK and one of the leading firms in Europe. We have been consistently ranked a top tier firm for patents and trade marks in the UK by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) independent worldwide IP survey and the Legal 500 and Chambers directories. We have also been ranked as a leading firm in Hong Kong, Canada and Luxembourg. We have some 90 partners and 600 people worldwide. Our patent attorneys are highly experienced in all technical fields both traditional and cutting edge - from electronics and IT/software to pharma, biotech and nanotech. Our trade mark attorneys work with a wide range of clients with notable experience in the pharma, financial services, fashion, retail, food, FMCG, media and automotive sectors. Our attorneys are divided into practice groups (electronics, bioscience, mechanical and trade marks) with great emphasis on intra-group training and development and team working. We advise on patentability, freedom to operate, due diligence, licensing, contentious matters and the strategic management of IP portfolios worldwide. We are committed to building strong, long-term relationships with clients and being structured by practice means that we are able to put the best teams together on a client-by-client basis. As a result, clients of any office have local access to the whole strength and depth of Marks&Clerk worldwide.

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Intellectual Property Services: Patent, Trademark and Design