Start-up businesses with distinctive brands, ideas and inventions protected by patents and trade marks are more attractive to investors. Without this protection, those assets are vulnerable to use by competitors, and therefore, less valuable.
We understand the world in which starts-ups operate – time, cash and resources are scarce. We give start-ups the information, guidance and good advice they need, when considering how best to leverage and protect their IP, as an early-stage business.
Our approach is pragmatic and focused on a start-up’s particular goals and circumstances. We have helped many start-up businesses to become investor-ready.
A free, no obligation audit of your assets with one of our IP attorneys can identify potentially protectable intellectual property. We can advise on strategy and next-steps bespoke to your business.
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 moreProtecting 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.
Find out moreWe 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.
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 attorneys and IP solicitors 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. 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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Episode 11 of ‘The Greenshoots Podcast’ by Appleyard Lees features the start-up story of Spatzwear, makers of premium cycling kit inspired by countless wet Yorkshire bike rides.
Founder & former professional cyclist Tom Barras describes the evolution of Spatzwear’s products and brand, from dining room table prototype, to bringing to market products now loved by professional and ordinary cyclists alike.
Appleyard Lees solicitors and trade mark attorneys Robert Cumming and Chris Hoole chat to Tom about the success of Spatzwear, fuelled by passion and necessity, with intellectual property an important factor in its growth.
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In this article, trade mark attorney and associate Hannah Burrows provides practical tips for brand owners, based on issues that commonly crop up in the BBC’s ‘Dragons’ Den’
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Associate and trade mark attorney Hannah Burrows discusses how major luxury fashion labels appear to have moved from fanciful logos, with significant stylisation being stripped back in favour of simpler fonts.
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