Appleyard Lees

Corporate Partner of Medilink North of England

Appleyard Lees is a leading intellectual property law firm with over sixty patent and trademark attorneys and litigators. They are the leading provider of IP services serving some of the world’s biggest medical device innovators.

“Who we are and what we do – but also, how we do it – makes us distinctive.”

They help clients protect and monetise their intellectual property, and manage post-grant challenges, should they arise.

They offer broad sector and industry knowledge, plus the ability to adapt our services to specific client requirements, in an agile way. With offices in UK innovation hotspots, Appleyard Lees are positioned to give clients expert strategic IP advice in the UK and worldwide.

They support NHS trusts and individual clinicians to develop and commercialise their intellectual property, as well as securing IP rights and advising on strategy for early-stage and scale-up medical device companies.

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