Frank B. Dehn & Co.
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| Frank B. Dehn & Co. | |
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| Type | Partnership |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | London, Brighton, Oxford, Munich |
| Industry | Law |
| Products | Legal advice |
| Website | www.frankbdehn.com |
Frank B. Dehn & Co. is a United Kingdom firm of patent and trade mark attorneys, with offices in London, Brighton, Oxford and Munich. It was founded in 1920 by Frank Bernard Dehn.
The firm's published client list includes: Apple Corps, Ares-Serono Group, Boehringer Ingelheim, Borealis, ConocoPhilips, DuPont, GlaxoSmithKline, Honda, Kimberly-Clark, Medtronic, Otis Elevator Company, Playboy and Tetley. [1]
As of 2007, it is ranked in the top tier of the annual Legal 500 list of UK patent and trade mark firms. [2] In 2006, it ranked in the 2nd tier of the United Kingdom's leading patent firms according to a survey of industry peers.[3] That same year, it ranked as the second-largest firm in the UK by number of patent attorneys. [4]
In 2005, Michael Butler, a partner at the firm, represented Neal Macrossan in his initial appeal hearing against a UK Patent Office decision not to allow Macrossan's patent application. The subsequent High Court decision "Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's application" currently (as of 2007) informs the UK Intellectual Property Office's policy regarding the patentability of software and business methods. [5] [6]
In 2002, three partners of the firm became the first UK patent attorneys to register as practising foreign attorneys before the German Chamber of IP Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer). [7]
External links
References
- ^ A selection of companies for whom we act (pdf). Frank B. Dehn & Co.. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
- ^ Index page - follow link to "Patent and trade mark attorneys" (html). Legal 500. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
- ^ The world's leading patent firms Survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property: the Global Magazine for Intellectual Property Owners. February, 2006. Accessed September 8 2007.
- ^ The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. (2006). List of Members and Students. ISBN 0-903932-24-5
- ^ "Mr Macrossan was represented by an experienced patent agent, Mr Michael Butler." 2006 EWCA Civ 1371 (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
- ^ "Attorney firm Frank B Dehn & Co represented him in front of the Patent Office ..." "Applicants forced to rethink software patent strategies" (subscription content) (html). Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
- ^ "Frank B Dehn scores German first" (html). Managing Intellectual Property. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
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