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IP in Healthcare Conference 2019 – London & Manchester

March 2019

Event date: 14th March 2019

HGF’s fifth annual IP in Healthcare Conference took place on Thursday 14th March at Alderley Park and Tuesday 19th March at the Royal College of General Practitioners.

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About HGF Healthcare Team

HGF’s Healthcare team provides professional expertise and commercially focused advice to business leaders and decision makers in the healthcare fields of life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. HGF has in-depth knowledge of the sector, and the experience to provide you with high quality and commercially focused advice in relation to the protection of your IP rights. The team offers the full range of IP services including:

  • IP strategy and advice;
  • Patent and trade mark procurement;
  • IP portfolio management;
  • Freedom-to-operate advice and opinions;
  • IP due diligence assessments and opinions;
  • Supplementary protection certificates and data exclusivity advice;
  • IP licences and agreements;
  • IP disputes management and litigation

For more information on the team please click here.

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