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1st March 2012

UDL: March’s MediWales Featured Member

Intellectual Property (IP) rights can be very valuable assets and to aid your business’ success it is commercially important, and in some instances crucial, to secure and protect those rights.

UDL LLP is one of the United Kingdom’s leading firms of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, specialising in all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) Law. Our office in Cardiff is well established and our attorneys have been advising local, national and international clients for the last 25 years.

UDL Cardiff has significant experience in the medical field with in particular numerous medical device type clients and members of MediWales, where we regularly provide advice on IP issues.

Our core expertise includes:

  • Obtaining registered IP rights such as ‘patents’ (protecting how something works), ‘trade marks’ (protecting your brand) and ‘registered designs’ (protecting how something looks) in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.
  • Reviewing competitors’ existing IP and determining whether there is freedom to operate and assessing the risk of infringement.
  • Advising in respect of infringement of client’s IP by third party actions
  • Advising in respect of IP aspects of commercial agreements

Our client base is extremely varied and ranges from an individual with a good idea, through start-up companies and university spin-out companies, to multinational corporations. Due to this wide client base we have significant experience in tailoring and presenting of advice in a manner appropriate to the particular client. This experience means we adapt to ensure that the optimum service to the particular client is provided.

UDL Cardiff attorneys have in combination an extremely wide scope of experience from varied backgrounds in software, engineering, physics and branding. We have probably seen most IP related situations or problems that might arise. We are therefore well placed to provide you with optimal directed IP advice.

We offer a free initial consultation for new clients either at our office or at your premises and encourage this as a way to see whether we can assist in strengthening your market position or securing your position for future investment. Furthermore, as part of World IP day on 26 April 2012 we are holding a free lunchtime seminar at our office with the aim of providing an overview of patents, trade marks and registered designs for a small number of attendees.

Please contact Tom Baker, teb@udl.co.uk, or Michelle Ward, mww@udl.co.uk, or call us on 02920 642150 if you are interested in attending or would like to arrange a free initial consultation.