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Barker Brettell has a specialist team of attorneys, offering a wealth of experience of protecting ideas, innovation and brands. Advice is tailored to provide optimum protection of your designs, patents and trade marks in the UK, Europe and worldwide; aligning IP strategy with your business needs and objectives.

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Launched in 2019, we work with a diverse range of businesses; with a focus on innovation and supporting the vibrant startup market, through to leading universities and multi-national corporations with global portfolios.

Our services for you and your clients…

Trade Marks

  • UK and EU Identical, top level and full trade mark register clearance searches
  • UK common law searches
  • Pre filing advice, including advice on inherent registrability
  • UK and EU trade mark registrations
  • Preparing and filing responses to UK and EU examination reports
  • Preparing and filing responses to provisional refusals issued in relation to UK and EU designations of Madrid Protocol applications
  • Oppositions and appeals, invalidation, and cancellation actions at the UKIPO and EUIPO
  • Trade mark infringement and passing off
  • UK and EU Customs applications
  • Trade mark, domain and company name watching services
  • Licensing and assignment of trade marks, and related rights
  • Due diligence and portfolio reviews
  • IP audits
  • Cost projections

Patents

  • UK and European filing and filing strategies
  • UK and European patent prosecution
  • Pre-filing advice, including patentability searches
  • Landscape searching
  • Oppositions and appeals at the EPO and in English courts
  • Freedom to operate opinions
  • Assignment of patents, and related rights
  • Due diligence and portfolio reviews
  • IP audits
  • Cost projections

Our China Team

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Lisa King

Partner
Trade Mark Attorney

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Scott King

Partner
UK & European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative

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Adrian Liu

Senior Associate
UK & European Patent Attorney

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Leah Calvert

Senior Associate
Trade Mark Attorney

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Richard Abel

Senior Associate
UK & European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative

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Debbie Lau

IP Paralegal

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China News

Recognising intellectual property, and assessing its legal strength
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October 15, 2026

Recognising intellectual property, and assessing its legal strength

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EPO Board of Appeal in T 0655/24: Improvements must be credible from the application as filed
China Desk 15

September 24, 2026

EPO Board of Appeal in T 0655/24: Improvements must be credible from the application as filed

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Have you taken time to FACTOR intellectual property into corporate finance?
China Desk 16

September 23, 2026

Have you taken time to FACTOR intellectual property into corporate finance?

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To amend or not to amend? That was the question.
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September 9, 2026

To amend or not to amend? That was the question.

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