OUR SERVICES
Effective, Commercially Grounded IP Support
IP STRATEGY, ADVICE & OPINIONS
Creative, effective, and economical IP strategies are at the heart of what we do. Our advice always reflects our clients' commercial goals, and we deliver it in a direct, understandable way, with a clear indication of risk and no fence-sitting. Our attorneys are comfortable breaking down complex IP situations for non-expert stakeholders, and provide credible and authoritative support for board meetings where decisions on IP need to be made.​
PATENT DRAFTING
Alembia's partners have decades of patent drafting experience. We handle applications across a wide range of technical fields, specialising in life sciences, chemistry and pharmaceuticals, but also protecting greentech, agrotech, medical device, materials science and engineering inventions. When drafting our goal is always to secure patents that are litigation-ready and provide robust exclusivity for our clients, enabling them to meet their commercial aims.
PATENT PROSECUTION & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
We are experts in global patent prosecution. As Chartered UK and European qualified attorneys we act directly before the UK, European and World Intellectual Property Offices and then leverage our extensive agent network and global prosecution experience to protect inventions across the world. We take a holistic approach to building IP portfolios, using our knowledge of regulatory exclusivity and trade secrets to supplement patent filings and deliver robust, defensible IP positions for our clients.
INVESTMENT, IP DUE DILIGENCE & LICENSING
During their careers our team have worked on countless in- and out-licensing deals, forensically evaluating IP portfolios, delivering risk assessments and loss-of-exclusivity estimates, and drafting the various IP agreements needed before and after a deal is struck. We understand what investors look for during due diligence and use that insight to tailor our client's portfolios to maximise their protection - and their value.
PATENT DISPUTES & ENFORCEMENT
Alembia's partners are IPReg certified UK Intellectual Property Litigators, Unified Patent Court representatives and for many years managed the global patent litigation for a blockbuster drug. This experience sets us apart from the vast majority of patent attorneys and means we truly appreciate how to draft patent applications to avoid issues that can occur in litigation. Our experience means that when disputes arise we can call on an extensive network of first class patent litigators for local assistance, making us perfectly poised to manage and advise on contentious proceedings worldwide, or act as expert witnesses.
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE OPPOSITIONS
As qualified European Patent Attorneys and Professional Representatives we directly handle Opposition and Appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office, where we have a great track record of securing positive outcomes for our clients.
PATENT LANDSCAPING & FREEDOM-TO-OPERATE ANALYSIS
As well as helping clients secure their own patents we regularly carry out patent landscaping and "freedom-to-operate" analyses to identify opportunities and mitigate risks from third-party patents. As in all of our work, Alembia's approach to risk assessment is pragmatic and grounded in commercial reality, balancing the need to avoid costly infringement suits while following the science most directly to market wherever patent risks appear low or mitigable.