Patents
All our patent attorneys have high level technical skills, knowledge and experience. Together they cover all areas of technology and form one large resource of expert technical and legal capability.
Find out moreA trade mark is a legal shield which underpins a successful brand. It identifies your business, and carries your unique message to the market. It can protect a domain name, prevent brand theft, and brand encroachment. It can also become enormously valuable, both to your ongoing business and as an asset on the balance sheet.
As a UK trade mark firm, we have a strong and successful team of trade mark professionals, who work with clients in all business sectors – including FMCG, media, financial services, IT, life sciences and engineering. Our team includes expert trade mark attorneys, solicitors and paralegals.
Our trade mark attorneys have much more to offer than superior legal skills. Their communication skills – the ability to listen, analyse, explain and persuade – are crucial for the best work. Their commercial skills allow them to understand your business and advise you in a long-term strategic way.
Our trade mark professionals are experts in securing trade mark rights. We also work with our clients in many other ways.
Protection and strategy
Competitor and strategic issues
Disputes
All our patent attorneys have high level technical skills, knowledge and experience. Together they cover all areas of technology and form one large resource of expert technical and legal capability.
Find out moreDesign rights are a monopoly right that protect the visual appearance of products, which can include shape, colour, materials and texture. This includes logos, characters and other two-dimensional shapes and forms.
Find out moreWe have extensive experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on commercial transactions that are driven by IP assets.
Find out moreWe have an outstanding team of copyright experts. Our team includes registered design attorneys, solicitors and paralegals so that we can deal effectively with any situation that may arise.
Find out moreIP strategy is the body of planned measures a business adopts, in order to use intellectual property to secure business advantage over its competitors.
Find out moreOur team of IP solicitors and attorney litigators are specialists in all aspects of IP disputes and IP dispute resolution
Find out moreAside from our core areas of expertise, we are able to offer various support services which supplement or expand on these core areas.
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Appleyard Lees is dedicated to providing comprehensive intellectual property services in the UK and internationally. To discuss your IP challenges with a relevant professional, please submit the following brief details:
Partner
LLB MCITMA, Solicitor (England & Wales)
Robert is a dual-qualified trade mark attorney and solicitor and manages large international portfolios and complex multi-jurisdictional disputes for market-leading businesses. Robert’s expertise lies in the strategic positioning of a bra…
Partner
LLB (Europe), MCITMA, Solicitor (England & Wales), Solicitor (Irish Roll)
Chris is a dual-qualified solicitor and chartered trade mark attorney, experienced in contentious and non-contentious intellectual property (IP) matters, including trade marks, designs, copyright and patents. Working closely with a range o…
Head of Designs, Partner
LLB (Hons), MCITMA
Beverley leads our specialist design team, with her practice area focussing on all aspects of design law. Beverley has particular expertise in identifying and protecting the key features of a design, strategising on international filing pro…
Senior Associate
LLB, MCITMA, Solicitor (England & Wales)
Dan is a dual-qualified trade mark attorney and solicitor and is experienced in clearing, registering and enforcing trade marks. His experience working in-house at a major retailer means he understands the need for commercially led advice.…
Trade Mark Attorney
BCom (Law), LLB, MCITMA, Attorney and Trade Mark Practitioner (South Africa)
Claire helps clients to protect and enforce their trade marks. Her experience over 15 years means that she can assist clients from initial conceptualisation. She believes that each client is important, whether they are a start- up or an int…
Trade Mark Attorney
LLB (Hons), LPC LLM, MCITMA
Lisa is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney who advises a wide range of clients, ranging from innovative start-ups and growing SMEs to globally recognised household brands across diverse sectors. Her work covers the full spectrum of trade mark …
Trainee Trade Mark Attorney
BA, MSc, MPhil, PhD
Ji-Young is a Trainee Trade Mark Attorney in our Manchester office. Ji-Young works alongside the associates and partners, and assists with all aspects of trademark practice ranging from registrations and oppositions to portfolio management,…
Partner
MA (Hons), Mathematics; Masters, Computer Science, CPA, EPA
Julia has worked in the patent profession in the Cambridge area for over twenty-five years and in January 2017 she opened our Cambridge office. She oversees the patent portfolios for a wide variety of direct clients. Julia’s mathematics b…
Partner
BSc, PhD, CChem, CSci, MRSC, CPA, EPA, MITMA
David is a UK and European Patent Attorney specialising in the fields of polymers, pharmaceuticals, catalysis, process technology, sealing technology and industrial biotechnology. David has a PhD in surface chemistry from UCL. He advises mu…
Principal Associate
MA(Cantab), MSc, CPA, EPA, Solicitor (England & Wales)
Arnie is one of the few people in the UK to have qualified as a UK and European patent attorney and solicitor of England and Wales. This provides him with a deep understanding of the full lifecycle of a patent, from conception through to co…
Senior Associate
BSc(Hon), MSc, PhD, CPA, EPA, MRSB
Edward has experience assisting a wide variety of biotechnology and medical device companies to protect their innovations. Edward’s time working in academia helps him understand the needs of universities and spin-outs, when commercialisin…
Trainee Patent Attorney
BSc, MSc (Radiometrics), MSc (Clinical Science)
Jack’s previous experience as a medical physicist means he recognises the need to develop novel inventions in order to aid progression in a particular field. Because of this, he appreciates the importance of protecting intellectual proper…