HGF offers everything you would expect of a world-class intellectual property firm, including patent and trade mark acquisition as well as appeals and oppositions to protect your creative work.
We also focus on providing a bespoke service tailored to your industry, to ensure you really get the most out of your big ideas. Our teams are dedicated to providing professional, expert advice and support every step of the way.
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Find out moreHGF and British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce are holding a webinar on 10th May 2021.
Find out moreThe 4th Annual IPOwners Spring Summit™ will be held virtually on April 20-21. HGF Partner Lee Curtis will be speaking Tuesday 20th April.
Find out moreHGF Partner Vanessa Stainthorpe will be running a workshop on 13th April.
Find out moreThe EPO Boards of Appeal took the decision that from the start of 2021, all Boards of Appeal oral proceedings could be held by videoconference, even if the parties to the proceedings were not in agreement (ostensibly aping the position before Opposition and Examining Divisions).
Husch Blackwell is holding webinar series on intellectual property. 16th March session will focus on global patent protection.
Find out moreFrom 1 April 2021, inventors will no longer be notified by the EPO about being named in a patent application. In addition, applicants will no longer be required to indicate the full address of the inventor in the application, only the country and place of residence.
WIPR and HGF are holding a webinar on 9th March.
Find out moreHGF is a silver sponsor at the Children Health Technology (CHT) Conference 2021.
Find out moreHGF Partner Craig Thomson will be part of the panel discussion on Enacting a Commercially Successful Strategy for Animal Microbiome Globally on 3rd March.
Find out moreOur Aberdeen office opened in 2011 in response to the wide number of innovative firms in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire.
View officeIn January 2017, HGF continued its European expansion with the launch of its office in Amsterdam.
View officeIn February 2016, HGF’s second office outside the UK opened in Basel, Switzerland.
View officeHGF's Birmingham office was opened in November 2012, and since then has gone from strength to strength.
View officeFollowing on from the success of our Glasgow and, more recently, our Aberdeen offices, HGF opened an Edinburgh office in early 2012 to provide a base for servicing the many companies and universities we act for in the east coast area.
View officeOur Glasgow practice has grown rapidly since we opened our doors in 2007, and we now act for many of Scotland’s top companies and universities.
View officeHGF Heidelberg launched following the merge of HGF and Patronus IP in July 2018.
View officeOur London office is located in the City of London, the financial centre of the UK and Europe.
View officeHGF Munich launched following the merge of HGF and Patronus IP in July 2018.
View officeFollowing on from the success of our York office, HGF opened a Newcastle satellite office on May 2nd 2016 to provide a base for servicing the many companies and universities we act for in the north east area.
View officeOur Nottingham office opened in January 2018. The office provides access to the full wealth of HGF expertise in particular in the field of Chemistry.
View officeHGF opened an Oxford office in July 2012 to build on our existing strong relationships within the local business and university community.
View officeHGF Sheffield have been supporting local innovation and technology in South Yorkshire since 1999.
View officeSince 2001, HGF York have been committed to the continued development of ideas and technology in North Yorkshire.
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