Identifying value

We apply technical, commercial and legal know-how to identify ideas that can become valuable assets for our clients.

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Building understanding

We work closely with our clients to understand their individual needs - from the immediate to the long-term.

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We deliver advice that's proven, pragmatic and focused on delivering the right outcome for each client.

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About us

Slingsby Partners LLP was formed with one key vision: to enable clients to more easily realise their business objectives through the use of IP - and we have brought together a team of outstanding IP professionals to achieve that goal. From start-up to established market leader - and wherever your organisation sits on the technology spectrum - we can help you generate lasting value from your ideas.

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Our Approach

Our attorneys have a long track record of working alongside remarkable businesses to help them identify, protect and manage their intellectual property. Whether running a brainstorming session to capture the innovations in a new project or supporting a client through a dispute with a competitor, our goal is to make intellectual property work for our clients. We are particularly proud that the great majority of our instructions come through recommendations from existing clients.

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News & insights

Emma Norris joins CIPA Committee

We are pleased to announce one of our Senior IP Paralegals has been elected to join the CIPA Paralegal Committee. Emma Norris was elected in January 2025 and will serve a 3 year term. The Committee delivers training and education for patent paralegals and is vital in continuing to promote the Patent Paralegals profession on behalf of CIPA.

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Emotional Perception heads to the Supreme Court

Emotional Perception have been granted permission to appeal the recent Court of Appeal decision to the UK Supreme Court, in the latest development to the Emotional Perception vs Comptroller-General of Patents case. 

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How can you withdraw an opt-out at the UPC, despite national litigation having taken place?

The answers seems to be “as long as that national litigation commenced before the UPC sunrise period started“ and will mean that third parties could be at risk of UPC litigation for more patents than might have been expected. 

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Chambers & Partners

2024