About us - Appleyard Lees

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Who we are and what we do – but also, how we do it – makes us distinctive.

We help our clients protect and monetise their intellectual property, and manage post-grant challenges, should they arise.

We offer broad sector and industry knowledge, plus the ability to adapt our services to specific client requirements, in an agile way.

With offices in UK innovation hotspots, we are positioned to give clients expert strategic IP advice in the UK and worldwide.

This is a tesst

We support some of the world’s most innovative businesses and leading academic institutions, helping them to maximise the value of their intellectual property throughout its entire life cycle.

Appleyard Lees has a network of UK offices in Cambridge, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester and the BioHub at Alderley, providing clients with expert strategic IP advice globally.

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Our services

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.

Trade marks

Protecting brand assets with trade marks allows businesses of all sizes to invest in their brand with confidence, build brand equity and leverage that equity for growth.

Designs

We have an outstanding team of design specialists. Our team includes attorneys, solicitors and paralegals so that we can deal effectively with any situation that may arise.

Copyright

We 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.

IP strategy

IP strategy is the body of planned measures a business adopts, in order to use intellectual property to secure business advantage over its competitors.

IP disputes

Our attorneys and IP solicitors are specialists in all aspects of IP disputes and IP dispute resolution.

Support for in-house IP teams

Aside from our core areas of expertise, we are able to offer various support services which supplement or expand on these core areas. To offer this support, we can call upon the services of any of our highly skilled experts, whether they are patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, solicitors or paralegals.

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Our sectors

Electrical, electronics, computing

Mechanics, engineering, physics

Life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals

Chemistry, materials

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