Patents
· Drafting of patent specifications, including preparation of formal drawings
· Preparation and filing of applications for patents, both nationally and internationally
· Prosecution of patent applications to grant
· Patent searching, including research into and advice on potential conflicts with pending patent applications and granted patents
· Advice on litigation concerning all aspects of patents, including opposition, infringement and revocation proceedings
· Advice on the enforcement of patents

Trade Marks
· Advice on trade mark selection, use and registrability
· Searches both nationally and internationally for prior conflicting trade marks and/or company names and advice on availability for registration
· Preparation and filing of applications for registration of trade marks both nationally and internationally
· Prosecution of trade mark applications, including dealing with Official objections and conditions of acceptance
· Advice on litigation concerning all aspects of trade marks, including opposition, infringement, passing-off, counterfeiting and rectification proceedings
· Trade mark licensing, including the preparation of supporting documentation and the filing of applications for recordal of licensees as registered users of trade marks
· Assignment of trade marks, including the preparation of supporting documentation and the filing of applications to record changes of title at the Patents Office

Industrial Designs
· Research into and advice on potential conflicts with registered designs
· Filing and prosecution of design applications, both nationally and internationally
· Advice on litigation concerning all aspects of designs, including cancellation, infringement and rectification proceedings

Copyright
· Advice on copyright protection relating to trade marks and industrial drawings and designs
· Advice on litigation concerning all aspects of copyright relating to trade marks and industrial drawings and designs
· Registration of copyright in the United States
· Advice on legal protection for computer software

Technology Transfer and Licensing
· Investigating the existence and scope of patent protection
· Advice on technology transfer agreements
· Liaising with Solicitors and Accountants involved in technology transfer situations
· Advice on patent licensing and the preparation and enforcement of patent licences

Intellectual Property Management
· Creation and maintenance of portfolios, providing details of patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeder's rights protected nationally and internationally
· Renewal and maintenance of patents, trade marks, designs and plant breeders' rights throughout the world

Plant Protection
· Advice on the protection of plant breeders' rights
· Preparation and filing of applications to register plant breeders' rights both nationally and internationally

Miscellaneous
· Watching searches throughout the world for conflicting patents, trade marks and designs
· Advice on European Community Law affecting Intellectual Property rights