Your business is our business

Our clients are diverse and come to us with a wide variety of issues on which they need advice and assistance. 

Each client has a unique IP footprint, reflecting a particular history, ethos and culture.  We recognise that all have the same commercial objective; to use their patents, trade marks, designs and copyright in an effective way to sustain and develop their businesses. 

At SH&P, we are committed to your business and take pride in getting to know you properly.  Our objective is to build long term relationships and we know that we are successful because so many clients have been with us for decades.

We believe that this committed approach is one of the reasons our firm has attracted so many new large client portfolios over the last decade.

As an indication of our commitment to client service, we have chosen to calculate our staff salaries independently from their own professional charges. Consequently, none of our staff has any financial incentive to do anything other than act in your best interests at all times. 

Our patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys are experienced specialists working in dedicated groups.

Examples of the kinds of work we are asked to undertake for our clients are as follows:

• a US food science company wants the European patents of a competitor invalidated.
• a multinational tobacco company wants a product revamp in South America and asks us to undertake trade mark clearance searches and a programme for trade mark registrations.
• a Japanese automotive manufacturer wants to consolidate its European trade mark work with us.
• a UK University wants to tap into our expertise to help develop a strategy to identify and protect the Intellectual Property which arises in its chemistry department and then to provide technical support on a lecture course.
• an international producer of branded products wants to develop a strategy for dealing with lookalike brands in Europe.
• an international shoe retailer wishes to enhance its IP protection in China.
• a UK book publisher which sells internationally wishes to launch new titles in the Far East and Australasia. 
• a UK drinks company wants to relaunch key brands in Europe.
• a venture capitalist wants assistance with researching businesses to purchase and acquiring their intellectual property.
• a world-famous film director wants advice on protecting design and branding ideas.