Murgitroyd
Company Profile
Among the largest and most progressive firms of European Intellectual Property (IP) Attorneys, Murgitroyd has extensive experience of working with organisations from all industrial sectors.
The firm has a staff of over 350 including 100 attorneys and trainee attorneys and a total of 19 European offices, two client liaison offices in the US, and an office handling patent searching in Nicaragua.
The firm assists organisations in protecting their IP rights across the trade mark, patent, design and copyright areas and has a reputation for providing practical, commercially relevant and technically accurate advice. It also places great emphasis on good service, anticipating potential areas of difficulty and resolving problems effectively.
Murgitroyd has a diverse range of experienced professional staff and is able to directly represent clients in a variety of jurisdictions including the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Finland, as well as nine further European jurisdictions.
As regards other global jurisdictions, the firm works with a range of carefully vetted global associate firms to provide a quality and cost-effective service to its clients.
Full-Service Firm
Murgitroyd is a full-service IP firm, carrying out a full range of trade mark, patent, design and copyright services for its clients. It also has a number of support services in-house such as translation, renewals patent searching and technical drawing which differentiate it from other firms.
Trade Mark Focus
As regards trade mark services in particular, as those who may be browsing Murgitroyd’s profile on this CITMA profile may be most interested in that area of Murgitroyd’s expertise, further details are offered below.
The firm’s trade mark activities are guided by the client’s overall commercial strategy and are as follows:
1) General Advisory
- Development of trade mark strategy with the client
- Advice on selection of new marks including suitability, availability and registrability issues
- Consideration of appropriate form of protection for example, trade mark and design registration, common law rights and copyright
2) Trade Mark Clearance
- UK, European and other overseas clearance searches with reports and recommendations
3) Registration
- Filing, prosecuting and maintaining UK, European, US and other international registrations
4) Portfolio Management
- Provision of regular schedules and up-to-date trade mark status reports
- Watching services to ensure possibly conflicting Marks do not become registered by third parties and, where appropriate, associated opposition proceedings
- Regular reviews to ensure portfolio is consistent with current and planned activities
5) Other Activities
- Provision of infringement advice
- Liaison with Trading Standards regarding counterfeit goods
- Negotiating and drafting licence agreements
Please contact any of the firm’s local offices below for any further information you might require.
Contact
Aberdeen - Unit G10, The Enterprise Centre, Exploration Drive, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, AB23 8GX
Tel: +44 (0)1224 706616
Belfast - 2nd Floor, 1 Edward Street, Belfast, BT1 2LR
Tel: +44 (0)289 032 0441
Cambridge - Suite 1, Mansion House, Chesterford Research Park, Little Chesterford, Cambridge, CB10 1XL
Tel: +44 [0]1223 239 999
Cardiff - Churchill House, Churchill Way, Cardiff, CF10 2HH
Tel: +44 [0] 29 2064 2150
Dalian - Room 8017, Chunhui Building, No24 Tangshan Road, Xigang District, Dalian 116011, P.R. China
Tel: +86 411 8361 4855
Dublin - 2nd Floor, 57 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2, D02 Y3C6, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 1 661 3930
Durham - USA 555 S. Mangum Street, Suite 100, Durham, NC 27701
Tel: +1 (919) 474 8300
Geneva Rhône 8 SARL, Rue Du Commerce 4, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0) 22 81 91 877
Glasgow (Head Office) 165-169 Scotland Street, Glasgow, G5 8PL
Tel: +44 (0)141 307 8400
Helsinki - Mannerheimintie 12 B 5th Floor, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358 (0)92 516 6388
Leeds - Studio 3, First Floor, 84 Albion Street, Leeds, LS1 6AG
Tel: +44 (0) 113 245 2388
London Central - 210 Euston Road, Suite 5.04, London, NW1 2DA
Tel: +44 (0)20 3904 3365
London Croydon - Corinthian House, 17 Lansdowne Road, Croydon, London, CR0 2BX
Tel: +44 (0)20 8688 3490
Managua - Edificio ECO, 5to piso, De la rotonda universitaria, 100 metros al lago
Código Postal 14038, Managua
Tel: +1 (919) 474 8300
Milan - Piazza Borromeo 12, Milan, 20123, Italy
Tel: +39 0287 398 550
Milton Keynes - Unity Place, 200 Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes, MK9 1UP
Tel: +44 (0) 1908 666 645
Munich - Erika-Mann-Straße 7, 80636 München, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 89 309 071 100
Newcastle - Haylofts, 5 St Thomas’ Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LE
Tel: +44 (0)191 211 3550
Nice - Le Fairway, Bâtiment C, 980 Avenue Roumanille, 06410 Biot, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Tel: +33 (0) 4 97 21 52 00
Silicon Valley - 1275 Franklin Square, Santa Clara, California 95050, USA
Tel: +1 (919) 474 8300
Southampton - Crown House 2, 22 Kings Park Road, Southampton, SO15 2AT
Tel: +44 (0) 23 8000 2022
York - Enterprise House, Innovation Way, Heslington, York, YO10 5NQ
Tel: +44 (0)1904 898 881