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Carpmaels & Ransford is pleased to announce that it continues to be recognised in the Top Tier for PATMA: patent attorneys and in Tier 2 for PATMA: trade mark attorneys in Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) published in the Legal 500 2023.
30 Partners and Senior Associates received individual recognition for their work.
The rankings feature the following client testimonials:
‘Carpmaels is a tremendous firm with a sophisticated patent practice. I use them for all my patent work in prosecution and oppositions. They have a very deep bench of skilled partners who work together collaboratively and seamlessly. I have confidence in whoever I am working with.’
‘Carpmaels provides a sense of intimacy and knowledge of our company’s patent portfolio and our corporate objectives. They bring the right level of effort and competency to every issue, whether prosecution, opposition, or litigation, and provide strategic guidance on the portfolio and various actions that make clear what path to take and more often than not results in the desired outcome.’
‘C&R is unusual in having integrated teams of solicitors and patent attorneys, which enables them to provide a highly technically qualified team with a view of patent prosecution as well as litigation.’
‘Every member of the Carpmaels team I have worked with is intelligent, engaged, and knowledgeable in the specific topics of importance to the project. They always make themselves available, almost regardless of the time of day, and each team member provides me with a sense of responsibility and diligence in providing appropriate guidance and answers to questions asked, or to pull in Carpmaels team members (or outside resources) to make sure I get the information I need.’
‘Working with the team at Carpmaels is amazing. They all seem to just flow with one another. Work doesn’t feel handed-off but shared. All, of course, have superb knowledge of their domain.’
‘Great team, very enthusiastic and have a strong interest in our business succeeding.’
‘The team is super smart and creative. They are truly thought partners. When they bring a solution forward, they also demonstrate why they think that is the best path. It is obvious that they have debated the idea internally among the team and I feel confident with each step we take in the EPO and other proceedings and decisions being made.’
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 trade mark 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 intellectual property teams serving blue-chip clients across the globe, including Johnson & Johnson, Celgene, Novartis, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Mars, Micron, 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 engineering and tech, chemistry and materials, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, supplementary protection certificates and information communications technology and standards.
Through the firm’s fully integrated dispute resolution and transactions teams, the firm is able to provide a holistic service for clients which supports their IP needs from inception to commercialisation. The dispute resolution team, comprised of experienced solicitors, barristers and patent attorney litigators, represents clients at all levels of the European Patent Office (EPO).The team is also adept at conducting enforcement litigation and revocation actions before the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and patent, copyright, trade mark 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.
The transactions team is another key part of the firm’s integrated IP offering. As well as advising on the acquisition and licensing of IP rights, and other IP focused agreements, (such as development and collaboration agreements), the team manages multi-jurisdictional patent/trade mark assignment recordal projects, provides specialist advice on the transfer of priority rights and assists clients with the restoration of registered IP rights around the world.
PATMA – Patent attorneys | Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious) | PATMA – Trade mark attorneys | Life Sciences and healthcare |
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