Mewburn Ellis

Mewburn Ellis LLP is a limited liability partnership and is one of the UK's largest firms^[1][2] of Chartered Patent Attorneys, European Patent Attorneys, European Trade Mark Attorneys and European Design Attorneys, with offices in London, Bristol, Manchester and Cambridge.

It has around 56 qualified patent and trade mark attorneys, including 32 partners.

The firm’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical practice is perhaps the largest in Europe^[3] and other main practice areas include chemistry, electronics, computing, telecommunications, mechanical engineering and trade marks.

Mewburn Ellis LLP has consistently been placed in the prestigious top tier of London patent firms in the Legal 500 directory (Legalease Ltd, 2010, London) ^[4][5] and is listed in Band 2 of the Chambers directory. ^[6]

History

The firm of Mewburn Ellis LLP has its roots in the partnership of John Clayton Mewburn and George Beloe Ellis which was formed in the 1890s under the name of Mewburn Ellis & Co. John Mewburn Clayton was a signatory of the Royal Charter granted to the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys in 1891^[7]. Since that time, six members of the Ellis family have been partners in the firm, including George Ellis's daughter, Margaret Dixon, who was the first woman to practise as a UK patent agent. The last of the Ellis family to work in the firm retired in 1988, although the firm still bears the name of the founding partners^[8].

Main Practice Areas

• Patents
  • Life Sciences and Biotechnology, including:
  • Electronics, computing, telecoms
  • Chemistry
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Engineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Clean Technology
• Trade Marks
• Designs & Copyright

Offices

• London
• Bristol
• Manchester
• Cambridge

Publications and Articles

Patent attorneys from Mewburn Ellis have featured in or written various news articles about the patent attorney profession and IP issues^[9], including in national newspapers such as The Independent ^[10][11] and The Times^[12][13] as well as in scientific journals. ^[14]

'MewsNews' is Mewburn Ellis's regular IP newsletter.

References

1. ^ http://www.chambersandpartners.com/UK/Editorial/71481#per_762472
2. ^ http://www.insidecareers.co.uk/__802574D80055D469.nsf/id/7jbkqttden!opendocument. Viewed 8 March 2009
3. ^ The Legal 500 UK – 2007 Edition, Legalese, 2007, London
4. ^ http://www.legal500.com/c/london/tmt-technology-media-and-telecoms/patent-attorneys-london
5. ^ http://www.legal500.com/firms/91816-mewburn-ellis-llp/93490-london
6. ^ http://www.chambersandpartners.com/UK/Editorial/71481#per_762472
7. ^ http://www.cipa.org.uk/pages/about. Viewed on 13 December 2007
8. ^ http://www.mewburn.com/about-us/history. Viewed on 08 September 2011
9. ^ http://www.mewburn.com/library/published-articles#
10. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/patent-attorney-recreate-yourself-as-a-master-of-inventions-417753.html. Viewed on 22 November 2008
11. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/why-phd-graduates-are-opting-for-a-life-in-the-fast-lane-464546.html. Viewed on 22 November 2008
12. ^ http://www.mewburn.com/upload/library/published-articles/asserting-your-ip-rights/SFA_Article.pdf Viewed on 8 September 2011
13. ^ http://www.mewburn.com/upload/library/published-articles/uk-companies-fail-to-invest-in-design/Times_article_050906_6.pdf Viewed on 8 September 2011
14. ^ http://www.mewburn.com/upload/library/published-articles/functional-food-patents-beware-potential-pitfalls/Functional%20food%20patents.pdf. Viewed on 8 September 2011

External links

• Mewburn Ellis
• Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
• European Patent Office
• UK Intellectual Property Office