Slingsby Partners Recommended in IP Stars 2024

We are delighted to be ranked in IP Stars 2024, with seven of our attorneys listed as either IP Stars, Notable Practitioners or Rising Stars. The researchers received the following glowing feedback from our clients:

"They are efficient, flexible and supportive."

"Slingsby Partners make our job so much easier by keeping track of all the prosecution deadlines and letting us know in advance when these are approaching. Their communication and professionality are outstanding across the board."

"The lead attorneys we work with are all very well versed in our technology and provide astute advice. We trust them to know what we want, and to support us in achieving that."

"The team are responsive, trusted and intelligent."

"They are a very experienced team. We value their ability to connect IP legal analysis with business strategy. They are practical and down to earth."

"They are able to balance cost with patent protection strategy that meets our needs. They have also showed valuable long-term thinking when putting together applications and replying to assessors' comments."

"They are easy to communicate with and get up to speed quickly, even in technical areas that are both complex and highly esoteric. The strategic advice they provide is also, to my mind, logical, well-informed and suitably appreciative of our position and objectives."

"We appreciate their skills, expertise and their knowledge of our business."

"They strike the right balance of friendliness with professionalism. They don't just point out problems, they provide solutions. They're there when we need them."

"Slingsby Partners has proven to be both technically and legally exceptional. We often find that our international associates act more as a middle man then as a partner that adds value. Slingsby adds value to everything they touch and is an active partner in prosecuting the applications they are handling."

"They are responsive, timely, knowledgeable and proactive."

 

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