Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys

What we do

Keltie is a partnership of UK and European patent and trade mark attorneys, one of the first mixed partnerships in the UK profession. As such, we act directly before:

  • the UK Intellectual Property Office for UK patent, trade mark and design matters
  • the European Patent Office for patent matters under the European Patent Convention
  • the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market for Community Trade Mark and Community Design matters that cover the entire European Union
  • the World Intellectual Property Organisation for international patent and trade mark matters under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Madrid Protocol

Through our foreign associates, we offer corresponding services in every territory of the world.

Far more than a mere filing practice, we offer services extending across the full spectrum of intellectual property law:

  • contentious issues - opposition, revocation, invalidity and threats proceedings; dispute resolution; third-party observations; advice on infringement and validity; enforcement; defence; entitlement disputes; negotiation; co-existence agreements and other settlements
  • transactional matters - due diligence enquiries; assignments; licensing; stock market reports; investor advice
  • portfolio management - renewal services; IP audits; strategic advice
  • intelligence - searching; watching; investigation; freedom-to-operate opinions
  • support - translations; illustrations; legal documentation

Our patent and trade mark attorneys are specialists who pool their abilities. We group ourselves according to our main disciplines - patents; trade marks and domain names; designs and copyright - but we encourage overlap. We are not constrained by departments: lateral thinking works better if we don't work in boxes.