Intellectual Property

Consistently ranked as a leading intellectual property law firm, our intellectual property lawyers create and retain value by helping you protect and leverage value from your intellectual property rights and assets.

The team is comprised of intellectual property lawyers with an outstanding track record across the IP lifecycle, from advisory and transactional matters to enforcement, litigation and conflict resolution.

We are rated by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as leading specialists in intellectual property law, working across the UK and internationally, to ensure your rights are registered, protected, enforced and defended in the most cost-effective and appropriate manner.

We offer a comprehensive range of intellectual property services across your sectors, including technology, retail, manufacturing, fashion and luxury goods, media, publishing and the creative industries including film, music, broadcasting, advertising and design.

Our services and experience covers trade marks; patents; design rights; copyright; database rights; franchising, licensing and distributor arrangements; confidential information and know how; competition and trading practices; privacy and image rights; advertising and regulatory compliance.

"The team is responsive with a good grasp of practical options for litigants and solutions that generate value without unnecessary complications or side-tracking issues."

Legal 500 2024

How our intellectual property lawyers work


Our large team of specialist intellectual property lawyers enjoy excellent relationships with the best firms of patent and trade mark attorneys, specialist barristers, corporate financiers and investors, enquiry agents and forensic technology and accountancy teams in the UK, as well as an excellent network of lawyers across the world (through Law Europe International) to implement your strategies for managing your intellectual property and associated rights.  We are also able to run private criminal prosecutions where your intellectual property is stolen or you are the victim of cyber criminals.

We offer an intellectual property audit service to identify what rights you have, what protection you need and how you can put in place a strategy for managing your intellectual property.

If you need to file applications to register patents, designs or trade marks, we can help you with that.

Our team are members of the other leading trade and membership organisations in this field, including Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, Intellectual Property lawyers Association, Law Society European Group, Society for Computers and Law and British Literary & Artistic Copyright Association.

"A great multidisciplinary approach to intellectual property, company law and contracts for protection."

Legal 500 UK 2024

"We have had tremendous assistance from the team who put us front and centre as their client and consistently deliver City-level advice for very competitive fees."

Chambers & Partners UK 2024

          

Key Contacts

Tim Ashdown
John Yates
Robert Ganpatsingh
Clive Lee

Tim Ashdown

Partner
Senior litigation Partner specialising in commercial litigation, IP and technology-related disputes
Brighton - Jubilee St & London

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John Yates

Partner
Specialist in business contracts and technology, media and intellectual property law
Gatwick

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Robert Ganpatsingh

Partner
Expert in dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration, adjudication and litigation
Brighton - Jubilee St

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Clive Lee

Partner
Expert in Dispute Resolution for UK and Multi-national clients including Luxury Brands, Automotive, Manufacturing and Engineering
Gatwick

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Further reading

DMH Stallard recognised in the latest Chambers Guide

Blog, News & PR
25/10/2022
Chambers is recognised as the leading authority for ranking the most outstanding law firms and lawyers throughout the world
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DMH Stallard maintains top tier status

Blog, News & PR
30/09/2022
Award winning law firm has retained eight top tier rankings and received recommendations for nine further practice areas in Legal500 directory
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What is artistic craftsmanship? Further copyright musings

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06/09/2022
Can a rowing machine be a work of artistic craftsmanship and, as such, benefit from copyright protection? Victoria Watt discusses the ongoing WaterRower case upon which this question is centred
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The shape of music: the bemusing world of copyright

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26/04/2022
Copyright is a mystifying intellectual property right and infringement cases can be complex. Victoria Watt gives an overview of the highly publicised Ed Sheeran case and provides some tips on how to avoid similar allegations
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