Corporates

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 (IP) 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.

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Key Areas of Expertise

We can work exactly as you need us to, whether that's on a project basis, by instruction, or as a resource to manage overflow work your team doesn’t have capacity to handle.

As one of the few genuinely full-service IP firms in Europe, we 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 & brand protection

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

Design & 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 & 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

How We Can Help

Large multinational businesses face constant pressure to innovate, protect complex technologies, and manage growing global IP portfolios while controlling costs 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 the 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's on a project basis, by instruction, or as a resource to manage overflow work your team doesn’t have capacity to handle.

As one of the few genuinely full-service IP firms in Europe, we 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 & brand protection

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

Design & 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 & 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 for Comprehensive IP Support

  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 expertise, or a multidisciplinary team if your technology spans multiple areas. Every engagement is tailored to your technical and budgetary requirements.

  1. 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
  1. 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.

  1. Flexible ways of working to fit your needs

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

  • Managing entire cases end to end
  • Executing discrete actions as part of your in-house strategy
  • Operating as an extension of your team, available on demand

Get in Touch with Our Corporates Team

Talk to us to find out how we'd design the bespoke IP solution you need today.

Simon Curtis
Peter Finnie
Benjamin Hoffmann
Dan Hudson
Saiful Khan
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