Chartered Patent Attorneys

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Boult Wade Tennant is internationally recognised as a leading UK firm of Chartered Patent Attorneys and European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, with offices in London, Reading, Cambridge and Oxford. The firm’s core business is patents, trade marks, designs and related areas. The patent practice is divided into four technology-specific groups:

High Tech and Electrical
Engineering and Designs
Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Chemical and Materials.

The trade mark group is one of the largest in the UK and highly regarded. The team assists in the selection, protection, management and enforcement of trade marks and advises on domain name disputes, copyright and other IP issues.

Work
Boult Wade Tennant has a wide range of clients from international organisations with multiple filings and complex portfolios to medium and small sized companies who supply a steady stream of work. Our attorneys also handle work from foreign attorneys who need assistance within the firm’s jurisdiction of the UK and Europe.

The firm’s attorneys need to be proactive, communicative and responsive in dealing with client matters. Our attorneys are not only skilled in their specific technology, they also understand the law relating to the drafting of patent specifications, filing and prosecuting patents, design and trade mark applications, and conducting oppositions, appeals and revocation actions. Attorneys also carry out IP audits, provide strategic advice and portfolio management, and advise on licensing, infringement and enforcement matters.

Training
Graduates are mentored by a partner and work alongside senior attorneys on client matters. All patent trainees attend the QMUL course and also attend internal and external seminars and tutorials, to support them through a series of exams. The qualifying process for becoming a European patent attorney and chartered patent attorney takes at least four years.

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No. of employees
161
No. of partners
24
No. of qualified chartered patent attorneys
17
No. of qualified trade mark attorneys
6
No. of trainee chartered patent attorneys
14
No. of trainee trade mark attorneys
4
Locations
Cambridge, London, Oxford and Reading
International opportunities
No
Work experience offered
No
No. of graduate vacancies
Up to 4
Disciplines recruited from
All practical sciences and technologies, law and modern languages

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