Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

The national IP practice at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is highly visible in matters concerning patents, designs, trade marks, copyright, and rights in confidential information. Led by Rachel Bradley in Cambridge, Anna Frankum in London, and Chris Shelley in Oxford, the firm has 10 IP partners in total. The Cambridge team ‘stands out for its deep expertise, client-focused approach, and ability to handle complex legal matters with precision and efficiency’. It handles a growing volume of work for spinouts from Cambridge University, as well as research charities and large corporates. The ’highly competent and reliable’ Bradley increasingly acts for publishers of academic journals, among The Company of Biologists Limited, which recently licensed content to institutions in China.