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Acknowledgement of Intellectual Property

“Stevens Hewlett & Perkins”, “SH&P”, the SH&P device and the MySH&P device are trade marks of Stevens Hewlett & Perkins.

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Ownership and Regulation

Stevens Hewlett & Perkins is a partnership whose registered office is at 1 St Augustine's Place, Bristol BS1 4UD. A list of the firm's partners can be seen on the People section of this website.

Our firm's UK patent attorneys are Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and subject to the Rules of Professional Conduct under By-law 14 and Guidelines Concerning the Observance of the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Our firm's UK trade mark attorneys are Members of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) and are subject to ITMA's Code of Practice.

Our firm's European patent attorneys are members of the European Patent Institute (epi) and subject to the epi Code of Conduct.

Our firm's patent attorneys who are members of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI) are subject to FICPI's Code of Conduct.

Some of our firm's partners and trade mark attorneys are qualified to act before the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) as European Trade Mark Attorneys.

Some of our firm's professional staff are members of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), the International Trade Mark Association (ITMA),or the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriéte Intellectuelle (AIPPI)