United Kingdom (England)

Firm overview

Our origins are in trade mark and design law. Always at the heart of what we do, we are recognised experts in that land, creating award-winning work for some of the most famous brands in the world.
But we recognise that brands need more than law to grow. So we evolved to meet that need.

We blend trade mark law, design and e‑tail data analysis with our seasoned brand positioning and strategy expertise – whatever your brand needs to develop and evolve.

Agile and incisive by nature, we thrive on the challenge of new horizons.

Come and meet us.

Firm overview

Murgitroyd is a rapidly growing firm with innovation at its heart.

For nearly 50 years we’ve built a reputation as one of the world’s leading strategic IP firms. Trusted by global innovators and businesses to realise and protect the true value of their intellectual assets. History we may have, but we instead face forward. Our success lies in the positive relationships we build and our unrivalled breadth of expertise – from an unmatched technical knowledge to a proven commercial awareness.

We’re more than legal experts – we’re a strategic IP solutions firm with an unrivalled breadth of expertise. Our UK and European patent, trade mark and design attorneys bring together solid legal foundations, unmatched technical knowledge, and a commercial awareness that can drive growth and accelerate success.

We build relationships – globally. Our job is to protect and unlock the full potential of your innovations and ideas – not just in your country, but around the world. Our global team of specialists have an unrivalled knowledge in local laws and practices that provide a benchmark for advice and expertise wherever it’s needed to help you grow your business in markets you never thought possible, in ways you never imagined.

Our global office network spans Europe, North America and Asia. With over 440 employees (including over 120 attorneys) worldwide, our people have leading IP expertise across many industries including automotive, engineering & energy; consumer brands & services; chemistry & materials; life sciences & healthcare; and technology, media & telecoms.

Firm overview

Over the last century we’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in protecting some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and high profile brands. You can trust us to know IP law inside out, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t.

We will provide you with a team, rich in real-world experience, comprising experts who have worked at the forefront of pioneering technologies. A substantial number of our lawyers hold qualifications in scientific or technical fields, meaning we are often called upon for our specialist knowledge and insight on large international mandates. We are respected for our creative and original solutions.

We offer both litigation and transactional support in relation to all IP rights, from small innovative projects to the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes.

Our approach has always been centred on client service, collaborating and innovating with our clients to create bespoke solutions that make their lives easier. This includes: our 'twobirds Pattern' product, a proprietary, in-house patent valuation and analysis tool, that allows us to landscape, analyse, and value patent portfolios in an automated and sophisticated way; and our innovative and dynamic Brand Protection Reporting Portal, which uses dynamic charts that give clients an up-to-date overview of their risk profile at any given time.

Talk to us to find out how our tools, experience and our genuine passion for IP can help you devise a strategy that will help to maintain your competitive edge, whilst protecting and optimising your IP in the best way possible.

Internationally Bird & Bird has over 400 IP lawyers, attorneys and legal professionals across our 29 offices, many of whom have known each other and worked together for years, meaning we're all on the same page and offer consistency and quality that runs through all levels of seniority. We are therefore ideally placed to devise and coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies and,in the future, to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

Office Locations: Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States of America

Firm overview

Outstanding expertise, delivered with clarity and commercial insight

We advise market leaders, challenger brands and fast-growth businesses all over the world on their most important commercial affairs and their trickiest disputes.

Our service lines define our core specialisms as legal practitioners – each one supported by deep industry knowledge and fresh insights into the way business could work in tomorrow’s world.

Understanding your industry, understanding your business – sector by sector

Like all progressive law firms, we’re perfectly aligned to the core sectors of our clients. But our thinking is what really sets us apart.

We’re uniquely focused on the issues driving change and shaping the brave new world of international business. That fascination with what the future holds is something we apply to every shape and size of business that we meet. And the possibilities are limitless.

Delving into the global trends that are changing the way we live, work and do business

Osborne Clarke is at the forefront of these drivers of change with dedicated Transformation teams to help you manage risk and exploit opportunities by:

• advising on how the changing legal landscape will affect your organisation;
• navigating complex laws when shifting to new business models and strategies; and
• facilitating and acting on projects, transactions and investments to help achieve sustainable targets.