Swindell & Pearson Ltd

Swindell & Pearson is an intellectual property firm with over 140 years of experience securing and enforcing rights worldwide in patents, trade marks and designs. The firm serves local, national and multinational companies, focusing on long-term, trust-based relationships and a thorough understanding of each client’s business to align IP strategy with commercial goals. Its attorneys combine technical and legal expertise, with many holding advanced degrees or PhDs in science and engineering, and maintain cutting-edge knowledge through internal seminars and global conference participation. Based in the Midlands, the firm offers services comparable to leading European practices, emphasising exceptional quality control, value for money, direct attorney access without unnecessary partner layers, and a commercially minded, responsive approach informed by in-house and secondment experience. Recognised by clients for excellent, professional and timely service, innovative thinking and effective problem-solving, the firm is noted for one of the UK’s top advanced technology patent teams and for handling complex trade mark disputes in the High Court and the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. Sector strengths include semiconductors, nanotechnology, telecommunications, automotive and software, with developing expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Types of work undertaken include patent drafting, filing, prosecution and case management before the UKIPO, EPO and internationally; managing international patent portfolios; advising on infringement and third‑party conflicts; conducting contentious matters including infringement and revocation, EPO oppositions and appeals; and undertaking patent audits, assignments, licensing and due diligence. Trade mark services cover infringement advice, clearance, filing and registration in the UK, Europe and worldwide, management of large portfolios, oppositions, revocations and invalidations, brand exploitation strategies, watching services, online trade mark issues, anti‑counterfeiting, assignments and licensing. Additional services encompass designs and industrial copyright.