Manchester

Marks & Clerk’s Manchester office houses one of the largest teams of patent and trade mark attorneys in the North West, supported by an experienced and long standing staff base. Established in 1892, our Manchester office has long been at the heart of innovation in the region.

Aside from being famous for its sporting connections, the city of Manchester is globally recognised as an economic and innovative force, reinventing itself from being the heart of the industrial revolution to leading the world in emerging technologies, digital and medtech.

Manchester is home to a huge research network, which fuels a thriving enterprise community clustered around world class universities and hospitals. Nearby Media City houses a leading digital, creative and media centre.

Entrepreneurial spirit is the city’s lifeblood, where start-ups and SME’s benefit from an established business support infrastructure and excellent funding opportunities. Our attorney team has a long history of supporting businesses with commercially-focused advice from start-up to IPO and beyond, and is well connected with business support services in the region.  

The diverse expertise of our large UK and European Patent Attorney team is ideally suited to protecting innovation around the North West region’s thriving industries, including digital tech, healthcare and medtech, advanced manufacturing and automotive, financial services, environmental (clean) technologies, and advanced materials.