With a need to balance scientific invention with commercial objectives, the company needed IP advisers who could both gain the confidence of its scientists and engineers and help it meet its commercial objectives.
BG Research Ltd and sister company BioGene Ltd are innovative SMES in diagnostics technology, encompassing both biotechnology and biology along with electrical and mechanical aspects.
In a significant case for the Nordic fishing industry, we successfully defended a patent, which we had also prosecuted to grant, when it faced an Opposition from a global manufacturer of food processing equipment.
Employing some 9000 people, with some 200 offices in 56 countries, HERE Technologies is an international player in automotive navigation services. Potter Clarkson is proud to be entrusted to handle their highly valuable patent applications in Europe, with hundreds of active client cases on our records.
We have acted for a company in the fuel cell sector for many years and worked with them to grow their portfolio. From small beginnings we developed a close relationship with both their in-house team and the inventors to grow their patent portfolio.
The patents and design registrations successfully obtained by the team at Potter Clarkson put the necessary IP protection in place to enable Sanandco to commercialise its product in its most commercially important territories.
A long-standing relationship between Potter Clarkson and a global medical device company headquartered in Japan has resulted in hundreds of patent matters being successfully handled.