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 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.
Find out moreAppleyard 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…
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.…
IP Solicitor, Trade Mark Attorney
BA(Hons), GDL, LPC, PSC
Chris is an IP solicitor. From 2012 onwards he has specialised in commercial dispute resolution before joining Appleyard Lees in April 2019. Resolving disputes in the High Court, Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and before the UK Inte…
Trade Mark Attorney
BA(Hons), GDL, LPC LLM, MCITMA
Vishal is a qualified trade mark attorney, who assists clients with clearing and enforcing their intellectual property (IP) rights by providing tailor-made strategic advice. He works in both contentious and non-contentious IP matters, inclu…
Trainee Trade Mark Attorney
BCom (Law), LLB, 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…
Trainee Trade Mark Attorney
GIS Engineering Specialist Diploma, LLB, LPC and LLM
Mykhailo’s first-rate legal academic achievements, domestic and international entrepreneurial experiences, and languages, make him adept at working with a diverse range of clients and enterprises. In turn helping them to protect and incre…
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 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 backgr…
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…
Principal Associate
MA(Cantab) PhD MInstP CPhys CPA EPA
Terry has an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and a PhD in semiconductor physics. Working in private practice since 2007, he was a colloid/polymer/nanotechnology research scientist with Unilever for almost 20 years before joining their…
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…