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We have the right expertise when you need it. We help our clients maximise the value of their brands, technologies and designs.
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Our teams work across multiple sectors and have a deep understanding of the latest trends and challenges facing businesses. This enables us to be your trusted advisers.
- Food & beverage
- IT & software
- Life sciences & chemistry
- Medical devices
- Pharmaceuticals
- Semiconductors
- People
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Our people are experts in their field who have deep, practical and hands-on experience. We take the time to really understand our clients and their business so we can provide commercial, jargon-free advice.
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Find out the latest IP news, insights and events Mathys & Squire is talking about.
- Services
We have
the expertise
We have the right expertise when you need it. We help our clients maximise the value of their brands, technologies and designs.
- Sectors
We know
your sector
Our teams work across multiple sectors and have a deep understanding of the latest trends and challenges facing businesses. This enables us to be your trusted advisers.
- Food & beverage
- IT & software
- Life sciences & chemistry
- Medical devices
- Pharmaceuticals
- Semiconductors
- People
We have
the right people
Our people are experts in their field who have deep, practical and hands-on experience. We take the time to really understand our clients and their business so we can provide commercial, jargon-free advice.
- Insights & events
News, insights & events
Find out the latest IP news, insights and events Mathys & Squire is talking about.
Fin-tech
Fin-tech – patent & trade mark attorneys
Our team consists of fin-tech patent and trade mark experts in the following areas, and many more:
- Trading platforms
- Transaction card systems
- Payment processing
- Cryptocurrencies
- Smart contracts
- Distributed ledger technology
Notwithstanding the difficulties that can be encountered in seeking patent monopoly in the fin-tech and insurance technologies sector, Mathys & Squire has an enviable reputation for discovering features that are protectable by patents and securing valuable patent protection. This reputation arises from our deep understanding of inventions on the edges of patentability and our near-obsessive quest for the nuggets of innovation that often lie well hidden in the processes or software of a given client.
By working closely with inventors, we can quickly focus our efforts in describing and protecting the innovative features. Such a focused approach also allows material that would likely be non-patentable to be left out of a patent application and maintained as trade secrets. This keeps costs low and avoids, in effect, donating the non-patentable subject matter to the public and competitors.
Maximum patent coverage
An area of expertise that we have developed which is of particular interest to our clients in the fin-tech and insurance technologies sectors is the obtaining of patents suited for securing the valuable Patent Box tax benefits in the UK. This typically involves gaining a thorough understanding of a client’s underlying business and revenue streams to ensure maximum Patent Box coverage at minimum cost.
In a sector where patents are increasingly prevalent, we are often called upon to assist clients in developing non-infringing solutions. Here, at times, we have been involved in the inventive process itself and in negotiating appropriate licences.
Other forms of intellectual property protection can also be valuable, in particular, registered designs for consumer-facing products. For example, if a user interface is particularly striking or enables an efficient user journey, such design aspects can be protected quickly and inexpensively by design registration, in addition (in appropriate circumstances) to patent registration.
Clients that we have advised include HSBC, UBS, Man Group, FfastFill and Retirement Advantage.
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