Our Accolades
Year-on-year, Carpmaels & Ransford is ranked in the highest tier for Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) and Intellectual Asset Management (IAM)
Carpmaels & Ransford is renowned as a leader in the European IP market and a premier prosecution firm, with an opposition practice that continues to be one of the largest in Europe supported by a fast growing litigation practice. We are unique in that our solicitors, barristers and patent/trade mark attorneys are all members of the same firm and work in the same office which results in a truly integrated team.
“Combining a litigation team with a heavy-hitting patent attorney firm has been a resounding success. Carpmaels provides a fantastic one-stop offering at the highest level, with really fruitful results.” – Legal 500, 2020
Recognition within directories and guides:
Carpmaels & Ransford was announced as the UK Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year 2019 at the annual Managing Intellectual Property Awards ceremony in London.
The firm was presented with the award for the third year in a row following an outstanding year for the entire team. The firm was also top-ranked again for UK Patent Prosecution in the IP Stars Handbook 2019 published by Managing IP. Eight of our partners were recognised as IP stars with a further four partners and senior associates recognised as rising stars.
Carpmaels & Ransford was awarded UK Patent Attorney Firm of the Year at the inaugural Global IP Awards 2019 dinner, hosted by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and World Trademark Review (WTR).
IAM Patent 1000 also recognised Carpmaels & Ransford in its rankings for patent prosecution work, with 13 partners recommended individually by the publication. The directory also recognised the expertise of our litigation team which moved up to silver in the 2019 rankings.
Carpmaels & Ransford was awarded the gold award for Best IP Advisor: UK & Ireland at the Innovation & IP Awards run by Leaders League.
Carpmaels & Ransford was recognised for our ability to offer end-to-end services in IP which support clients through every phase of their business development.