Corporates

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Our patent attorneys, IP solicitors, and trade mark attorneys are specialists in delivering the precise technical expertise corporate clients need in the most flexible and cost effective way.

With decades of experience working alongside some of the world’s largest and best-known organisations, you get bespoke, integrated intellectual property solutions that meet the specific demands of today’s corporate clients.

Our team combines deep technical expertise with strategic legal insight to provide efficient, cost-effective IP management across all sectors and jurisdictions.

Whether you need end-to-end patent portfolio management, international brand strategy, support for complex IP transactions or robust enforcement, our scalable approach ensures every project is handled by the right people, with the right skills, at the right cost.

If you’d like to find out more about Potter Clarkson’s IP support for corporate clients, contact us today.

How We Can Help

Large multinational businesses face constant pressure to innovate, protect complex technologies and manage growing global IP portfolios while controlling cost and maintaining speed to market. We understand these challenges and we know how to navigate them.

Our dedicated corporate team combines deep technical expertise with practical experience to deliver bespoke, flexible IP solutions that work. With the scale to match the right specialist to each project and systems to manage portfolios seamlessly across jurisdictions, we help you safeguard your most valuable business assets and streamline processes so your IP achieves maximum commercial value by:

Delivering technical precision and commercial insight to protect assets and advance business goals.
Resourcing smartly to maximise operational efficiency.
Providing scalable support that grows with your portfolio.
Offering transparent pricing and cost certainty.
Operating as an extension of your team rather than an external service provider.

Key Areas of Expertise

We can work exactly as you need us to, whether that is by project, instruction or as a resource to manage any overflow work your team may not have capacity to handle.

As one of the few genuinely full service IP firms in Europe, we can cover every type of IP assignment:

Patent services

Drafting, filing, and prosecution worldwide
Portfolio strategy and optimisation
Freedom-to-operate and validity opinions
Invention harvesting and disclosure management

Trade mark and brand protection

Clearance, filing and prosecution
Portfolio management and renewals
Opposition, enforcement, and anti-counterfeiting
Online brand protection and enforcement

Design and copyright

Design registrations and enforcement
Copyright strategy and portfolio support

IP commercialisation

Licensing strategy
IP due diligence for M&A and investments
Collaboration and R&D agreements

Disputes and enforcement

EPO oppositions and appeals
Patent and trade mark litigation support
Customs and anti-infringement measures

Strategic IP management

Cost forecasting and reporting
Competitive intelligence and IP analytics
Regular strategic reviews
IP training, including free places at our residential IP summer school and one-day IP academies

4 Reasons Corporates Should Choose Potter Clarkson to Provide the Comprehensive IP Support You Need

1. Expertise in your space

With more than 70 patent attorneys across our UK, Swedish and Danish offices, you get the depth and breadth to support every sector and technology area. You are matched with attorneys who have the right technical and industry knowledge, or a multidisciplinary team if your technology spans multiple areas. Every engagement is structured to your technical and budgetary requirements.

2. Capacity and proactive coordination

Our strength in depth ensures the right attorney is available at the right price point, even under demanding deadlines. We also invest in strong, proactive relationships with regular review meetings, virtual or in person, to ensure seamless coordination, visibility and continuous alignment with your business objectives. We discuss:

Service quality and process improvements
Your commercial and R&D plans
Portfolio updates and upcoming decisions
Third-party IP issues and potential future needs

3. Cost certainty and transparent pricing

Managing budgets and satisfying internal stakeholders is as critical as technical precision. We offer clear, fixed, pre-agreed pricing structures that cover:

Scope and level of attorney involvement
Administrative support requirements
Any associated charges

You receive a full cost breakdown, and we adapt to your billing procedures, preferred currency and reporting requirements for total transparency and ease of administration.

4. Flexible ways of working to fit your structure

Whether you need urgent patent drafting or ongoing portfolio management support, our size and systems allow us to flex resources quickly and efficiently. From drafting and filing to portfolio management using state-of-the-art systems, including compatibility with your existing tools, we minimise overheads and maximise efficiency. If you require specialist expertise or independent opinions, we assign the most qualified professionals, from complex FTO analysis to strategic patent reviews. We can work in whatever way best fits your structure: