MACIPO & ASSOCIATES is a firm of specialist patent and
trademark attorneys who
help inventors, business owners, organizations, or entrepreneurs gain the
competitive edge by safeguarding and enhancing intellectual property rights
and provide full protection for all
types of Intellectual Property.
The protection of our clients’ inventions, innovations and brands is at the
heart of our practice.
Our technical personnel have extensive experience
of patents and trademarks, from electronics and computers to agricultural
engineering, and from trademark registrations around the world. We have evolved into a
reputable and successful company
providing a cutting edge service to clients locally, nationally and
internationally. As specialists in our field we can create the most
effective Intellectual Property strategy that works for you, as well as
providing advice and support. We are confident that by combining our skills
and experience we can work with you to help your business remain successful.
The firm has extensive experience of representing clients at the United
Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, European
Patent Office, and OHIM, the European Community Trademarks and Designs
Office, not only for the filing and prosecuting of patent
and trademark applications but also in opposition and appeal proceedings for both domestic
and overseas clients. Our United Kingdom and European offices enables our patent
and trademark professionals
to maintain regular contact with examiners at the United Kingdom
Intellectual Property Office, European Patent Office, and OHIM, the European
Community Trademarks and Designs Office by
attending interviews, opposition proceedings and appeals.
The firm provides comprehensive services in most technical fields as well
as specialised expertise in computer technology, optics, telecommunications,
biotechnology, pharmaceutical and other areas with solicitors who specialise in intellectual property
offer professional advice on patent validity and infringement and can
supervise both offensive and defensive litigation in the Patent Office and
Patents County Court and patent and trademark
professionals throughout the other European countries and around the world. |
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Patents protect
inventions by providing a monopoly for up to twenty years in return for
a disclosure of the invention to the public. A patent can provide
protection for a broad inventive concept or a narrow technological
advance. The protection is a valuable business asset and an important
commercial tool. |
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Corporate
identity, a company's brand names or logos can be the most valuable
marketing tool that it owns. Registration of a trade mark protects this important business
asset, giving the proprietor the legal remedy to prevent others from
using the same or similar mark and protecting your legitimate service
industry or manufacturing base. |
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Registered
designs protect the outward appearance of a product, rather than how it
works. Design registrations are a cost effective way of obtaining
protection for new consumer products. Designs can be registered for many
products, for example , handsets, toys, tools, dispensers, cameras,
office equipment, bathroom equipment, torches and consumer products. |
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