Energy & Cleantech

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Our patent attorneys, IP solicitors, and trade mark attorneys are specialists in protecting and commercialising the intangible value of your circular ideas and innovations.

With governments worldwide setting ambitious clean energy and sustainability targets, cleantech companies are being offered significant financial incentives to develop, perfect, and make available the required technology.

As the level of innovation that's needed to ensure we hit these targets increases, so too does the level of competition - and the risk that your inventions and ideas could be misused or misappropriated also rises.

This is where Potter Clarkson can help. Talk to us about intellectual property (IP) for your energy or cleantech today.

Key Areas of Expertise

Battery Technology

From hybrid battery-fuel cell systems to lithium-ion accumulators and voltage-source converters… our specialist team combines patent attorneys who understand the technicalities of your innovation with experienced IP solicitors who can help you maximise intangible value.

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Carbon Capture

Our patent attorneys have worked on a range of projects involving capture, sequestration, utilisation, mobile carbon capture, direct air capture, oxy-combustion, and bioenergy carbon capture and storage technologies. We're experts at protecting - and commercialising - carbon capture technologies.

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Fuel Cells & Hydrogen

Competition is fierce for new clean ways to generate, store, and use hydrogen - and OEM giants looking to incorporate hydrogen into their products too. In this high-growth environment, our expertly informed patent attorneys and IP solicitors can help ensure you maximise returns on your hydrogen-based expertise.

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Wind & Wave Energy

We understand the tech behind wind and wave power, as well as biofuels, energy-efficient combustion technologies, and the chemical processes that reduce waste products and harmful emissions. And as the transition from fossil fuels to renewables accelerates, we can ensure your IP is both fully protected from unwarranted attention and delivers the best possible value.

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4 Reasons to Choose Potter Clarkson for Your Energy and Cleantech IP

1. Expertise in your space

As well as understanding the technologies in your space, we have extensive experience with many cleantech, energy, and environmentally focused clients. Our advice is always tailored to the specific nuances and demands of both your business and your sector.

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2. Strategic perspective

The depth of our sector experience allows us to factor in all the issues you face from an IP, cleantech, and business perspective. We will provide you with strategic and commercial direction to help you achieve your commercial objectives in the most effective way.

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3. Seamless multidisciplinary support

The integration between our attorneys and IP solicitors allows us to offer well-coordinated, tailored, and multi-disciplinary guidance, so you can easily access the advice you need from one source:

Our specialist in-house solicitors are experts in drafting and negotiating all types of IP agreements, so you can develop, capture, scale-up, and fully exploit your inventions, ideas, and innovations.
Our trade mark attorneys will provide strategic advice to assist in the development, protection, and enforcement of your brand to protect your reputation in the marketplace.
And in the event of enforcement, our IP solicitors can draw on deep experience of running technically difficult and procedurally complex cases to achieve the best possible outcome for clients.

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4. Best-value IP products and processes

Built around the specific challenges faced by start-ups, SMEs, and investors, our innovative range of fixed-price IP solutions are designed to help you quickly and easily maximise the commercial value of your IP at each milestone, from initial funding to your chosen exit route.

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How We Can Help

Our specialist multidisciplinary energy and cleantech team includes patent attorneys, IP solicitors, and trade mark attorneys. They can steer you through the complex world of IP rights in your space, with a view to both protecting your ideas and maximising their returns.

We will make sure your most valuable assets are both fully protected and managed in the way that will give you the highest level of commercial value from your innovations. As needed, we can call upon experienced attorneys from our chemistry, biotech, and engineering teams too, with the full support of our IP solicitors.

Together we will:

Advise you on the best strategy for all your IP rights.
Register your patents, designs, and trade marks, and help you protect your trade secrets, worldwide.
Provide infringement and validity opinions for your patents, designs, and trade marks.
Carry out patent, designs, and trade mark searches and watches.
Defend your IP rights from attacks via a patent or trade mark office, or court proceedings.
Enforce your rights against competitor infringement.
Draft the commercial, IP, and licensing agreements you need to capture, protect and exploit your IP.
Provide a wider commercial perspective you can use to build your business.

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4 Reasons to Choose Potter Clarkson for Your Energy and Cleantech IP

1. Expertise in your space

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2. Strategic perspective

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3. Seamless multidisciplinary support

Our specialist in-house solicitors are experts in drafting and negotiating all types of IP agreements, so you can develop, capture, scale-up, and fully exploit your inventions, ideas, and innovations.
Our trade mark attorneys will provide strategic advice to assist in the development, protection, and enforcement of your brand to protect your reputation in the marketplace.
And in the event of enforcement, our IP solicitors can draw on deep experience of running technically difficult and procedurally complex cases to achieve the best possible outcome for clients.

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4. Best-value IP products and processes

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Expertise in your space

Strategic perspective

Seamless multidisciplinary support

Our specialist in-house solicitors are experts in drafting and negotiating all types of IP agreements, so you can develop, capture, scale-up, and fully exploit your inventions, ideas, and innovations.
Our trade mark attorneys will provide strategic advice to assist in the development, protection, and enforcement of your brand to protect your reputation in the marketplace.
And in the event of enforcement, our IP solicitors can draw on deep experience of running technically difficult and procedurally complex cases to achieve the best possible outcome for clients.