2026

"Kilburn & Strode has one of the best trade mark prosecution teams in the UK. Our number-one choice in the UK for all prosecution related matters. A very strong and experienced team with a flawless track record."

"The team is the crème de la crème of trademark opposition and dispute work in the EU and UK – maintaining this position for the more than 20 years I have worked with the team, led by Iain Stewart, one of the best there is in Europe."

"The IP filing and prosecution team at Kilburn & Strode is the best of the best.  They are responsive, thorough, and provide thoughtful and actionable counsel."

"The folks at Kilburn & Strode are exceptionally talented, responsive, professional, affable, and all-around great attorneys and paralegals.  Highly competent."

"The team are always helpful and informative to allow us to make the right decision for our business and markets. Always quick to respond and all teams are dedicated to support and outcomes that suit all parties."

"A key strength of Kilburn & Strode's IP prosecution is their strategic focus on partnering with clients that prioritize quality over sheer quantity. Their team stays true to delivering high-caliber support across every stage, from initial filing to prosecution and portfolio administration, ensuring each patent asset is crafted and managed to the highest professional standards."

Iain Stewart

"Provides business-friendly practical advice.  Responds promptly.  Very well-rounded lawyer."

Ryan Pixton

"Ryan is one of the top trade mark attorneys in the UK. Commercially savvy and equipped with the knowledge and expertise to craft any client’s trade mark portfolio to ensure the maximum protection for his clients."

Tom Hamer

"Tom is an expert when it comes to IP (patent) aspects of medical devices and software (including AI). More importantly, he a trusted advisor and business partner that our small IP team can rely on. He has excellent knowledge of our business and is very proactive at anticipating our needs and coming up with practical solutions."

Jessica Smart

"All the positives mentioned about K&S certainly applies to Jessica. I particularly appreciate her approach in discussing with inventors, how thorough and rigorous she is and remaining friendly at all time. Jessica is extremely efficient in that she puts the right amount of time and effort in all matters, according to their priorities."

Nick Shipp

"Nick is an exceptionally skilled and highly competent attorney, expertly managing all aspects of the cases he handles."

Rowena Tolley

"Provides comprehensive advise and considers all aspects of an issue. She is very prompt in providing responses and always accessible, either directly or through her team. She is highly engaged and attentive to client needs."

Marco Morbidini

"Marco continues to provide tailored IP advice that meets our needs. Our technical innovation often lies at the borders of patent, design and utility model-type protection, and we need robust guidance from our IP advisors so that we can implement balanced yet smart filing strategies, particularly in view of the fact we design, make and sell our products globally. Marco has done ‘just’ this for us as we’ve worked with him for a number of years and is continuing to deliver value to our organisation."

2025

"Approachable, pragmatic and commercial in approach."

"Great team of experienced [attorneys] that are highly specialised in trademark law. Quite cost-efficient for UK standards, very likeable people who are easy to deal with."

"Kilburn & Strode provides hands-on practical advice while also being approachable and easy to work with."

"They are an incredibly competent team that make the interaction enjoyable. They are always open to feedback and will proactively seek out the most optimal ways to work, always with one eye on how they can provide the best value-added services. They are effectively an extension of our very small in-house team."

"What we appreciate most about Kilburn & Strode's IP service is their combination of technical excellence and personalised attention. [They] truly operate as partners rather than detached third parties. Their responsiveness, attention to detail, and proactive communication make complex patent processes more manageable and efficient."

"The team's expertise in handling challenging situations, such as initial examiner objections and oral proceedings with the EPO, is particularly impressive. [Their] ability to construct compelling arguments and navigate intricate legal landscapes has been invaluable to our success.

"The renewals team is professional and trustworthy, ensuring all administrative aspects are handled seamlessly. Even their payments team is super nice and accommodating, contributing to a consistently positive experience with the firm."

"Kilburn & Strode's comprehensive expertise, collaborative culture, and commitment to client success make them a pleasure to work with. Their exceptional service and dedication have greatly enhanced our IP endeavours."

"I like the firm's depth of knowledge and expertise in IP prosecution. The colleagues I work with at Kilburn & Strode are professional, approachable, and experts at their work."

"[They provide] fast and precise responses."

"I like that the K&S team is approachable and provides advice in a friendly and digestible manner. They help me deliver complex IP details to management and internal clients with clarity and simplicity. In short, they make my life easier."

"They understand our business goals and technology and help us to integrate that into the work product for both opposition and prosecution items."

"Outstanding knowledge and the ability to synthesise that knowledge into applied expertise and both strategic and tactical advice."

"Big firm quality and service with the feel of a smaller, nimble firm. The emphasis on training and developing young and diverse attorneys is fantastic."

"Their advice is always on point, and they are flexible."

Rowena Tolley

"Not only are Rowena and her team extremely knowledgeable subject matter experts, but they are also very responsive and readily available to assist. They are always cheerful and lovely to work with. It's wonderful to have a team of experts that are also just genuinely kind and pleasant people."

2023

"They are competent, diligent, trustworthy, dependable and hard-working."

"They often think creatively to provide practical commercial solutions to issues. They are also cost-effective."

"We appreciated their ability to understand the requirements and constraints of their clients and tailor their processes to meet the clients' needs."

"They are very responsive. Excellent strategic advice as well as detailed knowledge. They got up to speed on the technology very rapidly."

"We appreciate their terrific advocacy, excellent knowledge of the law and technology, timely advice, and great teamwork."

"We value their excellent communication."

"The team is very responsive with good communication. Advice is clear and reliable. Regular discussions are helpful in improving the patent strategy."

"They are a fast, precise and determined team. "

"They are very knowledgeable and responsive."

"We appreciate their highly pragmatic and commercial approach as well as their extensive legal and practice knowledge. "

"They provide a very personal service. We know all members of the team that supports us, from the partner in charge of our account through to their formalities officers. They have assigned specific attorneys within their group to our different technology areas and we have also introduced these attorneys to our inventors. We treat them as an extension of our small in-house department."

"We value their professionalism, thoughtfulness and dedication to client."

"The firm is incredibly responsive and provides commercially tailored advice. They remove all obstacles that might stand in the way of protecting a client's rights."

"They provide very timely, efficient and comprehensive advice, for very reasonable fees. Tom Leonard and Dayle Callaghan are, in my view, absolutely top rate out of all UK patent attorneys. They are definitely my go-to patent attorneys in the UK, and have frequently provided incredibly helpful advice, but also practical prosecution results. "

"They are an approachable team that understand the commercial pressures we face, and they translate this into sound practical advice that helps us advance our company objectives."

2022

"We use the firm because of its impressive track record and professionalism."

"The firm has strength in depth and personable individuals and gives commercial advice."

"They continue to provide an efficient and prompt business-oriented service with creative solutions. They are also good fun to work with."

"Incredibly responsive and knowledgeable. The whole team is great to work with."

"K&S was recommended to us and we have always found their advice to be clear and reliable."

"The team is always accessible and the advice is clear and reliable. Discussions with them led to improvements in strategy."

"They have technically skilled staff who are well versed in EPO practice, procedure and strategy. Cost-effective services."

"The trade mark team is hugely experienced and provide commercially relevant and pragmatic advice. The partner was very knowledgeable on both the technology and prosecution strategy. He was extremely responsive and good to work with."

"We use the firm because of their scientific knowledge and depth of experience in filing and prosecuting patents at the EPO."

"They are always on hand, friendly and approachable."

"They feel like part of the team and are very diligent. They are very quick to get what is needed. They are very hard working, available as and when, and go the extra mile without extra costs."

"Excellence service and knowledgeable practitioners."

"They are quick and direct. No-frills advice and happy to get unvarnished opinion."