About Marks & Clerk

Marks & Clerk has been at the centre of the intellectual property profession for over 100 years.  Taken together, our history and our people provide a body of experience that is unmatched in the UK. However, no matter how impressive our resources, what is important is that we deliver what you need.  That is why we will invest time in learning about your business and your goals.
 
We are expert in acquiring, securing and registering IP rights and managing IP portfolios, and you can benefit from our in-depth technical experience across a full range of sectors.  These include the financial services and leisure sectors, civil engineering and construction industries, IT and software, and life sciences, including multidisciplinary fields such as bioinformatics and nanotechnology.  We advise in the technology, design and branding of everything from products in the FMCG arena to long-term “blue sky” projects.
 
We have offices in locations throughout the UK, in addition to offices in Europe, North America and the Far East. Our global network of trusted associates who we work with on a daily basis is unrivalled and gives us intimate local knowledge backed up by international expertise.
 

Bioscience Intellectual Property

The Bioscience Group at Marks & Clerk Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys has some 35 professionals UK wide, who focus on chemical and biotech Intellectual Property (IP) matters.  Our professionals all have relevant technical backgrounds, and in many cases, a higher qualification in specialist areas such as molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, genomics, immunology, cell biology, structural biology, veterinary science, virology, stem cells, diagnostics, proteomics, bioinformatics, vaccines, nanotechnology, medical devices and plant variety protection.  Our size and breadth of experience are second to none in the UK patent profession.
 
With some 85 partners and approximately 600 people, we have an unrivalled depth of knowledge and capability in helping clients in all sectors acquire, secure and register IP rights and manage IP portfolios.  We have a network of 11 UK offices, offices in Europe, North America and the Far East and long-established relationships with other leading IP professionals worldwide.
 

Global Services

We are a globally connected firm with unrivalled local knowledge and the ability to offer our clients access to professional services anywhere in the world.  We have an impressive international network of trusted associates with whom we work on a daily basis for the benefit of our clients.
 
In addition to our national network of offices in the UK, we have offices in Europe, North America and the Far East which provide our international clients with a full range of IP services. Most recently, Marks & Clerk merged businesses with the Lloyd Wise Group giving the combined firms unparalleled representation and resources notably in the UK and the Far East.
 
We are well positioned to meet all your IP portfolio management needs internationally and this global component to our service allows us to gain fresh insights and learn innovative new ways to deliver best value to our clients.
You can also find Marks & Clerk offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Ottawa, Luxembourg and Paris.