Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
from 212 client reviews
Patents
Trade marks
Designs
Copyright
Software
Data & AI
Trade secrets
Licensing
Litigation
Patents
Trade marks
Designs
Copyright
Software
Data & AI
Trade secrets
Licensing
Litigation
Patents
Trade marks
Designs
Copyright
Software
Data & AI
Trade secrets
Licensing
Litigation
Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
§ 01 Practice
Entry 01 / 06
prac·tice.
/ˈpræk.tɪs/ · noun
1.
The work of making what you invent, name and build legally yours — and keeping it that way.
Ownership is decided long before the dispute. We make sure it is decided in your favour.
§ 02 Record
Entry 02 / 06
rec·ord.
/ˈrek.ɔːd/ · noun
1.
What has actually happened, written down — not what a pitch deck says will. Ours, since 2011:
We have filed 3,400 patents, marks and designs¹, recovered £4.2m in a single infringement action², and settled 82% of our disputes before anyone reached a courtroom³.
1
Across 28 territories, for 140 clients — from seed-stage founders to listed manufacturers.
2
Patents Court, 2023. Damages and costs, settled on the second day of trial.
3
Of contentious matters concluded since 2011.
Instructed by
Software & AI
47 clients
Consumer brands
38 clients
Robotics & hardware
31 clients
Life sciences
24 clients
§ 03 — Counsel
coun·sel.
/ˈkaʊn.səl/ · noun
The people who will actually run your matter. Scientists and engineers by training, litigators by trade — and nobody learning on your file.
Scroll — five people, one matter each
01
Helena Voss
Founding partner · Patents · 2004
PhD in condensed matter physics. Twenty years drafting claims — and defending the ones other firms drafted.
01
Helena Voss
Founding partner · Patents · 2004
PhD in condensed matter physics. Twenty years drafting claims — and defending the ones other firms drafted.
02
Tobias Achebe
Partner · Patent litigation · 2008
Electronic engineer by training. Leads our work before the UPC and the Patents Court.
02
Tobias Achebe
Partner · Patent litigation · 2008
Electronic engineer by training. Leads our work before the UPC and the Patents Court.
03
Jasleen Sandhu
Partner · Technology & data · 2011
Wrote production code for a decade before law. Licensing, AI training data and open source.
03
Jasleen Sandhu
Partner · Technology & data · 2011
Wrote production code for a decade before law. Licensing, AI training data and open source.
05
Oona Keating
Senior associate · Life sciences · 2017
PhD in molecular biology. SPCs, biologics and oppositions at the EPO.
05
Oona Keating
Senior associate · Life sciences · 2017
PhD in molecular biology. SPCs, biologics and oppositions at the EPO.
04
Marcus Lindqvist
Partner · Brands & designs · 2009
A former brand strategist. Takes marks from first clearance search to the injunction.
04
Marcus Lindqvist
Partner · Brands & designs · 2009
A former brand strategist. Takes marks from first clearance search to the injunction.
§ 03 — Counsel
coun·sel.
/ˈkaʊn.səl/ · noun
The people who will actually run your matter. Scientists and engineers by training, litigators by trade — and nobody learning on your file.
Scroll — five people, one matter each
01
Helena Voss
Founding partner · Patents · 2004
PhD in condensed matter physics. Twenty years drafting claims — and defending the ones other firms drafted.
02
Tobias Achebe
Partner · Patent litigation · 2008
Electronic engineer by training. Leads our work before the UPC and the Patents Court.
03
Jasleen Sandhu
Partner · Technology & data · 2011
Wrote production code for a decade before law. Licensing, AI training data and open source.
05
Oona Keating
Senior associate · Life sciences · 2017
PhD in molecular biology. SPCs, biologics and oppositions at the EPO.
04
Marcus Lindqvist
Partner · Brands & designs · 2009
A former brand strategist. Takes marks from first clearance search to the injunction.
§ 04 — Lifecycle
Entry 04 / 06
life·cy·cle.
/ˈlaɪf.saɪ.kəl/ · noun
The four stages every idea passes through on its way to being worth something — with one partner beside it for all four. Scroll, and watch it turn.
01
Clearance
Freedom-to-operate, prior-art and trade mark searches — before a product ships or a name goes to print, not after a competitor’s letter arrives.
Turnaround
Searches back inside five working days, with a written view on risk.
02
Protection
Claims drafted by people who litigate them, and filed where your revenue actually is — not in every territory that will take a fee.
First filing
Priority application on file inside ten working days of instruction.
03
Enforcement
Most infringements end with a letter. They end because the file was built as though they would not — prior use documented, damages modelled, the injunction drafted.
Before trial
Four in five disputes resolved before anyone reaches a courtroom.
04
Licensing
A licence, an assignment on exit, or a portfolio held for the long term — run by the partner who took the first call.
Afterwards
Due diligence, audits and renewals, on one partner’s desk from start to finish.
01
Clearance
Freedom-to-operate, prior-art and trade mark searches — before a product ships or a name goes to print, not after a competitor’s letter arrives.
Turnaround
Searches back inside five working days, with a written view on risk.
02
Protection
Claims drafted by people who litigate them, and filed where your revenue actually is — not in every territory that will take a fee.
First filing
Priority application on file inside ten working days of instruction.
03
Enforcement
Most infringements end with a letter. They end because the file was built as though they would not — prior use documented, damages modelled, the injunction drafted.
Before trial
Four in five disputes resolved before anyone reaches a courtroom.
04
Licensing
A licence, an assignment on exit, or a portfolio held for the long term — run by the partner who took the first call.
Afterwards
Due diligence, audits and renewals, on one partner’s desk from start to finish.
§ 05 Nota bene
Entry 05 / 06
n.b.
/ˌen ˈbiː/ · abbreviation
Helena Voss
Founding partner
“Most IP is never litigated. It is licensed, traded or quietly relied on — so the real work happens at filing, long before anyone copies anything.”
Under NDA from the first word
Nothing you disclose in a first conversation can put your novelty at risk.
We will say when it is not worth it
If a patent is not worth the fee, or a mark will not clear, you hear it from us before you spend a pound.
The cost in writing, before you commit
If something is worth enforcing, you get a number — not an hourly estimate.
§ 06 Instruct
Entry 06 / 06
in·struct.
/ɪnˈstrʌkt/ · verb
1.
To engage a lawyer to act for you. With us it starts with a conversation — free, and under NDA.
Tell us what you have made.
Send the product, the patent, or the letter that arrived this morning. We will read it under NDA, tell you where you stand, and put the options in writing before you owe us anything.
Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
from 212 client reviews
Patents
Trade marks
Designs
Copyright
Software
Data & AI
Trade secrets
Licensing
Litigation
Patents
Trade marks
Designs
Copyright
Software
Data & AI
Trade secrets
Licensing
Litigation
Patents
Trade marks
Designs
Copyright
Software
Data & AI
Trade secrets
Licensing
Litigation
Intellectual Property & Technology
Protecting, licensing and enforcing the patents, brands, code and data that make a company worth owning.
§ 01 Practice
Entry 01 / 06
prac·tice.
/ˈpræk.tɪs/ · noun
1.
The work of making what you invent, name and build legally yours — and keeping it that way.
Ownership is decided long before the dispute. We make sure it is decided in your favour.
§ 02 Record
Entry 02 / 06
rec·ord.
/ˈrek.ɔːd/ · noun
1.
What has actually happened, written down — not what a pitch deck says will. Ours, since 2011:
We have filed 3,400 patents, marks and designs¹, recovered £4.2m in a single infringement action², and settled 82% of our disputes before anyone reached a courtroom³.
1
Across 28 territories, for 140 clients — from seed-stage founders to listed manufacturers.
2
Patents Court, 2023. Damages and costs, settled on the second day of trial.
3
Of contentious matters concluded since 2011.
Instructed by
Software & AI
47 clients
Consumer brands
38 clients
Robotics & hardware
31 clients
Life sciences
24 clients
§ 03 — Counsel
coun·sel.
/ˈkaʊn.səl/ · noun
The people who will actually run your matter. Scientists and engineers by training, litigators by trade — and nobody learning on your file.
Scroll — five people, one matter each
01
Helena Voss
Founding partner · Patents · 2004
PhD in condensed matter physics. Twenty years drafting claims — and defending the ones other firms drafted.
01
Helena Voss
Founding partner · Patents · 2004
PhD in condensed matter physics. Twenty years drafting claims — and defending the ones other firms drafted.
02
Tobias Achebe
Partner · Patent litigation · 2008
Electronic engineer by training. Leads our work before the UPC and the Patents Court.
02
Tobias Achebe
Partner · Patent litigation · 2008
Electronic engineer by training. Leads our work before the UPC and the Patents Court.
03
Jasleen Sandhu
Partner · Technology & data · 2011
Wrote production code for a decade before law. Licensing, AI training data and open source.
03
Jasleen Sandhu
Partner · Technology & data · 2011
Wrote production code for a decade before law. Licensing, AI training data and open source.
05
Oona Keating
Senior associate · Life sciences · 2017
PhD in molecular biology. SPCs, biologics and oppositions at the EPO.
05
Oona Keating
Senior associate · Life sciences · 2017
PhD in molecular biology. SPCs, biologics and oppositions at the EPO.
04
Marcus Lindqvist
Partner · Brands & designs · 2009
A former brand strategist. Takes marks from first clearance search to the injunction.
04
Marcus Lindqvist
Partner · Brands & designs · 2009
A former brand strategist. Takes marks from first clearance search to the injunction.
§ 03 — Counsel
coun·sel.
/ˈkaʊn.səl/ · noun
The people who will actually run your matter. Scientists and engineers by training, litigators by trade — and nobody learning on your file.
Scroll — five people, one matter each
01
Helena Voss
Founding partner · Patents · 2004
PhD in condensed matter physics. Twenty years drafting claims — and defending the ones other firms drafted.
02
Tobias Achebe
Partner · Patent litigation · 2008
Electronic engineer by training. Leads our work before the UPC and the Patents Court.
03
Jasleen Sandhu
Partner · Technology & data · 2011
Wrote production code for a decade before law. Licensing, AI training data and open source.
05
Oona Keating
Senior associate · Life sciences · 2017
PhD in molecular biology. SPCs, biologics and oppositions at the EPO.
04
Marcus Lindqvist
Partner · Brands & designs · 2009
A former brand strategist. Takes marks from first clearance search to the injunction.
§ 04 — Lifecycle
Entry 04 / 06
life·cy·cle.
/ˈlaɪf.saɪ.kəl/ · noun
The four stages every idea passes through on its way to being worth something — with one partner beside it for all four. Scroll, and watch it turn.
01
Clearance
Freedom-to-operate, prior-art and trade mark searches — before a product ships or a name goes to print, not after a competitor’s letter arrives.
Turnaround
Searches back inside five working days, with a written view on risk.
02
Protection
Claims drafted by people who litigate them, and filed where your revenue actually is — not in every territory that will take a fee.
First filing
Priority application on file inside ten working days of instruction.
03
Enforcement
Most infringements end with a letter. They end because the file was built as though they would not — prior use documented, damages modelled, the injunction drafted.
Before trial
Four in five disputes resolved before anyone reaches a courtroom.
04
Licensing
A licence, an assignment on exit, or a portfolio held for the long term — run by the partner who took the first call.
Afterwards
Due diligence, audits and renewals, on one partner’s desk from start to finish.
01
Clearance
Freedom-to-operate, prior-art and trade mark searches — before a product ships or a name goes to print, not after a competitor’s letter arrives.
Turnaround
Searches back inside five working days, with a written view on risk.
02
Protection
Claims drafted by people who litigate them, and filed where your revenue actually is — not in every territory that will take a fee.
First filing
Priority application on file inside ten working days of instruction.
03
Enforcement
Most infringements end with a letter. They end because the file was built as though they would not — prior use documented, damages modelled, the injunction drafted.
Before trial
Four in five disputes resolved before anyone reaches a courtroom.
04
Licensing
A licence, an assignment on exit, or a portfolio held for the long term — run by the partner who took the first call.
Afterwards
Due diligence, audits and renewals, on one partner’s desk from start to finish.
§ 05 Nota bene
Entry 05 / 06
n.b.
/ˌen ˈbiː/ · abbreviation
Helena Voss
Founding partner
“Most IP is never litigated. It is licensed, traded or quietly relied on — so the real work happens at filing, long before anyone copies anything.”
Under NDA from the first word
Nothing you disclose in a first conversation can put your novelty at risk.
We will say when it is not worth it
If a patent is not worth the fee, or a mark will not clear, you hear it from us before you spend a pound.
The cost in writing, before you commit
If something is worth enforcing, you get a number — not an hourly estimate.
§ 06 Instruct
Entry 06 / 06
in·struct.
/ɪnˈstrʌkt/ · verb
1.
To engage a lawyer to act for you. With us it starts with a conversation — free, and under NDA.
Tell us what you have made.
Send the product, the patent, or the letter that arrived this morning. We will read it under NDA, tell you where you stand, and put the options in writing before you owe us anything.