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Boult is a top-tier European firm specialising in IP advice and solutions for both domestic and international clients. Our focus is on delivering a quality work product, understanding our client’s markets, and making sound judgements – values we have upheld since our establishment in 1894. With experts located in the UK, Germany, and Spain, we collaborate seamlessly to provide IP expertise and commercial knowledge, enabling our clients to achieve their business goals. We foster cross-team and cross-border collaboration, encouraging the exchange of ideas and information amongst our staff. What keeps our team together is our dedication to delivering excellent service to clients through a practical problem-solving approach. We excel at what we do, with many of our professionals being leaders in their respective fields. We possess a genuine passion for guiding clients through every aspect of their IP journey, from exploitation and protection to commercial use, infringement, or disputes. We offer creative yet pragmatic advice, a high degree of professional excellence, and unwavering commitment to our clients.

Services

• Trade marks – Our highly skilled experts are experienced negotiators and have particular expertise in the management of large portfolios; searching and watching; domain name recovery; and trading standards and customs work.
• Patents – Our European, UK and German experts advise on the creation, exploitation and enforcement of IP rights across a wide range of sectors. They provide creative IP solutions and outstanding client service.
• Designs – The team can advise clients across a wide range of industries on matters of design law and practice. They combine their commercial knowledge with legal expertise to provide high quality advice that is always pragmatic.
• Global plant breeders’ rights and national listings – The team supports horticultural and biopharma clients, has significant experience in UK plant breeders’ rights, can assist clients in obtaining rights across Europe and offers advice on infringement risks associated with rights held by third parties.
  Responsible business

Boult is proud to call itself a responsible business. It’s a facet of our business that we take very seriously, making commercial decisions which do not solely boost our bottom line, but deliver real benefits to our people. Our internal culture and our wellbeing is really important to us, but we are equally focussed upon improving the wider community at home and abroad. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace, promote sustainable practices, and have a clear sense of purpose. We are committed to making a positive impact in our industry, on society and the environment.

To find out more about how Boult can help your business, contact us, or sign up to our mailing list, visit our website (www.boult.com).

Key IP Areas

Copyright & related rights, Designs, Intellectual property (prosecution), IP transactions, Life sciences IP, Patent, Patent prosecution, Trade mark, Trade mark prosecution

Key Sector Expertise

Aerospace, Agriculture, Artificial intelligence, Arts, Automotive, Biotechnology, Chemical, Computer technology & services, Construction & materials, Defence, E-commerce, Electrical, Electronics, Fashion & luxury goods, Film, Financial services, FMCG, Food & beverage, Gaming, Hospitality & leisure, ICT & software, Industrials, Internet, Life sciences, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Media, Medical device, Mining, Music, Nanotechnology, Oil & gas, Optics & photonics, Pharmaceutical, Renewable energy, Retail, Robotics, Semiconductors, Sports, Technology hardware, Telecommunication, Transport, Universities & research

At Boult we believe in being inclusive and creating a working environment where everyone can comfortably be themselves. Attracting, developing and retaining a diverse team and creating an inclusive culture where people feel valued and included is extremely important to us and something we work hard to achieve. Through our collective action we have achieved tangible change and made a positive impact on our culture, and we will continue to do so.

In 2021 we worked with Focal Point, an organisation dedicated to helping workplaces become more respectful and inclusive environments, to create a staff survey to understand what our people thought about our culture, and equality, diversity and inclusion at Boult. We wanted to take stock of where we were and where we wanted to go. We were able to use these findings to help us develop a fresh approach to and perspective on equality, diversity and inclusion.

During 2022 we created an EDI strategy. We revised policies and recruitment procedures, held leadership courses and changed our flexible working arrangements to ensure our approach encouraged diversity and valued differences. Since then, we have run educational sessions to raise staff awareness of unconscious bias and neurodiversity, to understand and engage with those issues. We have taken proactive steps to address EDI concerns in our industry and beyond, joining supportive networks and organisations such as WorkLife Central, IP Inclusive, and the General Counsel for Diversity & Inclusion (GCD&I). We have also signed charters and made commitments to organisations whose values we share such as the IP Inclusive Charter, the IP Inclusive Senior Leadership Pledge.