Intellectual property

We use Paris Smith for a wide range of legal advice and support. Laura has played a key role in the decision making process of the company by providing us with the benefit of her knowledge and experience in the specialised areas of trademarks, patents and intellectual property. Her advice has always been relevant, swift and concise. Advising non-specialists is a skill in its own right and Laura is able to explain the implications and opportunities arising from the request rather than just delivering us the results.

“We have been with Paris Smith for a while now and cannot fault Laura’s flexible, personable approach to helping us protect our IP.”

“Laura Trapnell and her team are responsible, commercially minded and friendly. I enjoy working with them and highly recommend them.”

This is to confirm that Laura Trapnell of Paris Smith has been acting for Jane Austen’s House Museum in relation to both our registered trade marks and wider IP.

Laura has always given the Museum an excellent professional service and we appreciate how she has tailored her advice to the needs of our charity.

The Blue Lamp Trust charity needed to ensure copyright and trade mark protection for an image it had created for its business and turned to Laura Trapnell for assistance. Laura proved both very knowledgeable and helpful, steering us through what seemed a complex process, in clear and easy to follow steps. I am confident we would not have achieved our copyright and trade mark without Laura’s professional assistance and would have no hesitation in recommending her to any client in need of assistance with Intellectual Property.

Paris Smith has helped us with regard to the protection and exploitation of our intellectual property along with giving us a lot of help and advice in becoming GDPR compliant.  We were really happy with the service we received and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

Paris Smith LLP is known primarily for its work in IP audit and strategy, trademarks, international licensing and franchising, and contentious IP, regularly receiving client referrals from local and national patent and trade mark attorneys such as Chapman IP, Deverill IP and Barker Brettell. Intellectual property department head Laura Trapnell is ‘quick to respond and always really helpful with fantastic customer service‘. Emily Sadler is noted for her expertise in franchise agreements and disputes.