Patents

Patents can offer broad and commercially valuable protection for new and inventive innovation. A patent can provide up to a 20 year monopoly in the innovation, subject to payment of renewal fees.

Some types of innovation are specifically excluded from patent protection and therefore not all types of innovation are protectable by way of a patent.

The commercial value of a patent can be enormous and therefore, if available, patent protection should be obtained to provide the broadest possible protection for the innovation.

Hill-IP can advise on the availability of patent protection in Europe and also Worldwide as well as seek commercially effective patent protection for a wide range of subject matter.