Boult Wade Tennant
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Boult Wade Tennant
/Expertise

Expertise

The Boult team brings exceptional technical skill and clear strategic thinking to address any challenges our clients face. We analyse opportunities and problems from multiple perspectives, drawing on our expertise and experience. We have earned a reputation for pragmatic and commercial advice, delivered by people who are thoroughly down to earth.

Sectors

Aerospace

With 30 experts specialising in a wide range of disciplines within this sector, our diverse group of professionals has the capability to meet clients’ needs regardless of the nature of their innovations within the aerospace industry.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning

From fraud prevention to natural language generation, disease diagnostics to self-driving vehicles, our experts work with clients at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) development.
Automotive

The automotive industry is continually developing. Current drivers of innovation include improvements in performance, safety, efficiency and environmental credentials.

Biotechnology

This sector encompasses a vast array of technologies across areas such as medicine, medical research, genetics and agriculture.

Chemicals

Our professionals bring together technical expertise including synthetic organic chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, inorganic chemistry and solid-state chemistry.

Communications and networks

Boult has one of the largest and most established comms and networks teams in the UK, advising clients on IP matters across the breadth of the communications space. From mobile telephony to the Internet of Things.

Computing and software

Our team supports a huge variety of clients in differing industries including insurance, banking, health and telecomms. They help clients protect their IP in a sector which often presents additional challenges for obtaining IP protection.

Consumer goods and retail

This is a vast sector, ranging from clothing to electronics and household goods. The approach to intellectual property protection needs to be similarly varied. We have the expertise and capabilities to help clients in this industry.

Electronics and electrical devices

From electronic-specific innovators to clients whose products include electrical and opto-electrical aspects, our specialists cover a wide range of commercial, scientific, engineering and industrial areas.
Energy and green technologies

The sector is of huge significance to wider society, and represents a rapidly evolving market, with technical advancement at its core.

Food and beverage

In the food and beverage sector, trends typically move fast. The industries covered are intensely competitive, featuring a number of major players with interests in a wide range of patents across extensive product ranges.
Industrial manufacturing and processing

This sector covers a spectrum of manufacturing processes and materials, applied at a variety of scales.

Materials

Our team has technical expertise across a broad range of specialisms, including materials science, metallurgy, solid-state chemistry, inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry.

Medical devices and diagnostics 

The medtech team is diverse and multidisciplinary, drawing together engineering, physics, software, bio-informatics, biotech and pharma experts. They work with clients at all stages of the development life cycle.

Pharmaceuticals

Our specialists have repeated success in guiding clients through the patent process from early stage drug discovery, through to candidate and lead nomination, formulation and clinical development.

Trade marks

Trade marks go through various stages in their life cycle. The legal framework can be complex to navigate, and we are here to assist at each stage.

Services

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Patents

Our European, UK and German experts advise on the creation, exploitation and enforcement of IP rights across a wide range of sectors. They provide creative IP solutions and outstanding client service.

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Trade marks

Our highly skilled experts are experienced negotiators and have particular expertise in the management of large portfolios; searching and watching; domain name recovery; and trading standards and customs work.

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Designs

The team can advise clients across a wide range of industries on matters of design law and practice. They combine their commercial knowledge with legal expertise to provide high quality advice that is always pragmatic.

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Global plant breeders’ rights and national listings

The team supports horticultural and biopharma clients, has significant experience in UK plant breeders' rights, can assist clients in obtaining rights across Europe and offers advice on infringement risks associated with rights held by third parties.

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