Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
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Keltie is a partnership of patent and trade mark attorneys based in the City of London.
We act globally for great clients in all fields of commerce and technology, across the full spectrum of intellectual property law.
It's not just a matter of what we do, it's how we do it - click Our approach to get a feel for Keltie's unique way of fresh thinking. And it's not just a matter of style - it's all about substance. Others think so too: The Legal 500 ranks Keltie among Britain's finest patent and trade mark firms, saying "True experts in their field, Keltie provides extremely commercial advice". Managing Intellectual Property agrees: "Very commercial and astute". And Chambers ranks us in Band 1 among patent and trade mark attorneys, calling us "a young and dynamic group which thinks out of the box..."
Keltie has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
The Queen's Award is one of the highest honours that can be bestowed on a UK business. Keltie's award in the International Trade category cites 128% growth of our overseas business over a three-year period.
Keltie has also been ranked fifth in the Managing Partners Forum 100 Best Professional Firms to Work For 2008, the results of which were recently published in The Lawyer.
Number of granted European patents is reducing
The EPO has reported that its focus on quality rather than quantity has led to a 12.9% reduction in the number of granted European patents in 2007 when compared to the previous year. More....
O2 v H3G – Good news for trade mark owners
Comparative advertising can be trade mark infringement if there is likelihood of confusion.
In 2004, the telecom company Hutchinson 3G (‘H3G’) ran a comparative advertising campaign in which images similar to O2’s well-known “bubbles” trade marks were used. O2 sued for infringement. More....